Reuters - A man who opened fire inside a church, killing two people with a shotgun hidden in a guitar case, was frustrated at being unable to find a job and blamed liberals and gays, police said on Monday.

Reuters - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told parliament on Monday a full Israeli-Palestinian peace accord that includes Jerusalem was not within reach this year but said differences over borders and refugees were bridgeable.

Reuters - Turkey's highest court began considering on Monday whether to shut down the governing AK Party for Islamist activities against a background of tension following two bomb attacks in Istanbul over the weekend.

AP - Paul Hamm won't be going to the Beijing Olympics, after all.

AP - Conservative political commentator Robert Novak announced Monday he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, less than a week after he struck a pedestrian with his Corvette and drove away.

AP - Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.

AP - British billionaire Sir Richard Branson showed off a key piece of his fledgling commercial space program Monday, unveiling a carrier aircraft designed to launch a passenger-carrying spaceship.

AP - The businessman arrived at the Treasury Department carrying a suitcase stuffed with about $5.2 million. The bills were decomposing, nearly unrecognizable, and he asked to swap them for a cashier's check. He said the money came from Mexico.

AP - The next president will inherit a record budget deficit of $482 billion, according to a new Bush administration estimate released Monday.

AP - Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain had a spot of skin removed from his right cheek early Monday.

AP - President Bush praised Pakistan's prime minister Monday for his commitment to their joint battle against extremists. But neither of the men addressed the latest clash in Pakistan, a missile strike that hit a religious school just inside its border with Afghanistan.

AP - Four suicide bombers believed to be women struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300 in one of this year's deadliest attacks, police said.

AFP - Suspected US missiles killed six people including three foreign militants in Pakistan's tribal belt Monday, as the country's premier prepared for talks with US President George W. Bush.

AFP - The death toll in a double bombing in Istanbul rose to 17 on Monday, reports said, as Turkey's top court began deliberations on whether to ban the ruling party.