AP - Experts at an early August international AIDS conference in Mexico City were full of praise for the United States for having reversed a 15-year-old law banning HIV-positive people from entering the country.

AP - President Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe renewed their push on Saturday for Congress to approve a free-trade deal before lawmakers leave town to campaign for re-election.

AFP - Two members of the US House of Representatives introduced a measure Friday calling on the International Olympic Committee to strip Russia of the 2014 Winter Olympics and designate a new host city.

AFP - Democratic leaders in Congress Friday pledged quick action on a massive finance sector bailout, but set the stage for November's elections by also demanding help for struggling American workers.

AP - Rep. Charles Rangel wrote six checks for about $10,800 in back taxes, and then penned an open letter to New Yorkers Friday, saying he has done nothing dishonorable and is the target of a GOP "guerrilla war."

AP - Since before statehood, Ted Stevens has believed in Alaska. In a Senate career that has spanned five decades, he has championed Alaska's oil and fishing industries and delivered billions of dollars to its cities and far-flung villages.

AP - Experts at an early August international AIDS conference in Mexico City were full of praise for the United States for having reversed a 15-year-old law banning HIV-positive people from entering the country.

AP - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd says the United States may be "days away from a complete meltdown of our financial system" and Congress is working quickly to prevent that.