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Allisen Corpuz closed with a 3-under 69 on Sunday for a three-shot victory to become the first American in 20 years to make the U.S. Women's Open her first LPGA title.

May Day immigration marches draw tens of thousands of people, capping a year of political activism by organizers who want immigration laws overhauled. But turnout for Tuesday's demonstrations was down from a year ago.

Jack Valenti died Thursday at the age of 85. He was the former president of the Motion Picture Association of America, and an influential person in American culture for decades.

The conflict in Sudan's western region of Darfur has raged for four years. More than 200,000 people have been killed, and more than two million have been driven from their homes. But there are optimists in the midst of the tragedy.

Firefighters are battling a wildfire in the heart of Los Angeles. The blaze began Tuesday in Griffith Park and has already destroyed hundreds of acres in the hills above Hollywood.

Six foreign-born Muslims have been arrested for plotting an attack on the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey. Investigators say the men planned to "kill as many soldiers as possible." An employee of a video-transfer business alerted authorities after the men wanted a suspicious tape converted to DVD.

In 2003, she saw her marriage to Tour de France cycling champ Lance Armstrong end in divorce. Kristin Armstrong's devotional walks others through her path to healing. She talks about her journey and her faith in this week's Faith Matters.

French citizens go to the polls Sunday to elect their next president. The contrasting political platforms of the two candidates suggest a divided France. Socialist Segolene Royal and conservative Nicolas Sarkozy won last month's first round of voting.

President Bush addressed a convocation of students, faculty and families at Virginia Tech today, as thousands of people gathered to mourn the killings of 32 people by a gunman Monday. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, killed himself just as police were arriving on the scene.

Virginia Tech President Charles Steger and the university's police chief say that the first shooting on Monday was initially treated as an isolated incident — and that authorities suspected the gunman had left the campus. But a second, far more deadly shooting left more than two dozen people dead.