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New Century, a subprime lender that was once the second-largest in the industry, has filed for bankruptcy. The company is joining the ranks of many other subprime lenders to crash and burn in the housing market downturn.

Seung-hui Cho's "angry, depressed" behavior and writings alarmed a Virginia Tech professor and made others who knew him uncomfortable. A roommate says Cho's mother had these words about her son after one visit: "Help him."

Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales goes to Capitol Hill this week to defend the decision to fire eight federal prosecutors. The Justice Department released his prepared testimony over the weekend. In it, he concedes that mistakes were made.

A new study from Stanford University suggests that pollution from ethanol could be even worse than from traditional gasoline. Study author Mark Jacobson, of Stanford's department of civil and environmental engineering, explains.

The new head of the U.N. World Food Program is visiting Darfur, where more than 200,000 people have been killed and millions have been displaced by fighting between African rebels and Arab militias known as janjaweed, which are backed by government troops.

Immigration rights activists are calling for rallies and boycotts Tuesday against a federal crackdown on undocumented workers. In Chicago, one woman has avoided deportation for eight months by taking refuge in a church.

The prosecution appears close to resting its case in the perjury and obstruction of justice trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney.

White House spokesman Tony Snow downplays news of an attack on a U.S. military base at Bagram, Afghanistan, where Vice President Dick Cheney had just spent the night. Estimates of the death toll have gone as high as 23; the Taliban calls the attack an attempted assassination.

The West African nation of Guinea has been under a state of emergency for nearly two weeks. A 12-hour curfew is in place. A crippling union-led strike prompted waves of anti-government demonstrations and riots.

After decades of success, director Martin Scorsese has his first Oscar. His film The Departed also won Best Picture. Among actors, Forest Whitaker was honored for playing Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, Helen Mirren for The Queen.