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Federal authorities are warning that there may be a design flaw in bridges nationwide. The problem is not limited to bridges similar to the one that collapsed in Minneapolis. They're also warning about the extra weight put on a bridge during repairs.

Early results show the two largest opposition political parties in Pakistan headed for an election victory after voters rejected the ruling party of President Pervez Musharraf. Husain Haqqani, director of Boston University's Center for International Relations, talks about the results.

Pakistanis delivered a crushing blow to President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections last week, raising questions about the future of the U.S. ally in the war on terror. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher talks to Renee Montagne about how U.S. policy might change.

Advocates of NASA's plan to return to the moon are concerned that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said he will raid NASA's budget to fund education. While the issue of space exploration hasn't gotten much attention this campaign season, it is a topic on which the candidates do differ.

The Drudge Report broke a news blackout that had been in effect for two and a half months about Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan. Michael Evans, defense editor for the Times of London, talks to Renee Montagne about why the British media had kept his deployment a secret.

In economically troubled Ohio, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been trying to out-do each other in their opposition to NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. Republican contender John McCain joined in with his views on NAFTA this week, too.

Western elections observers have criticized Sunday's presidential vote in Russia, in which President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor won a major landslide. Opposition leaders say the election of Dmitri Medvedev was rigged.

A presidential transition is apparently underway in Cuba. Fidel Castro, who has already given up power temporarily because of illness, says he will do so permanently.

Investigators and whistleblowers told a House committee Thursday that the Federal Avaiation Administration was too cozy with irlines and failed to exercise the oversight required by law. FAA inspectors say they were pressured to gloss over problems at major airlines.

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned Wednesday amid allegations that he is involved in a high-end prostitution ring. "The remorse I feel will always be with me," he told reporters.