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The Marine Corps' highest-ranking officer position fell vacant on Monday thanks to a move from Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who continues to block nominations to protest a Pentagon abortion policy.

Since 2002, a nonprofit group has received 976 reports of sexual assault from military women serving in the area that includes Iraq and Afghanistan. That number is growing. Meanwhile, little punitive action has been taken against assailants.

Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig said Thursday that he intends to keep his seat until his term ends 15 months from now. A Minnesota judge on Thursday rejected Craig's bid to withdraw his guilty plea to misdemeanor disorderly conduct stemming from his arrest in a Minneapolis airport bathroom.

Myanmar's military chief says he's prepared to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi — but with conditions. According to state-run media, the meeting will take place if she stops her "confrontational attitude" and abandons support for international sanctions against the government.

Three scientists will share the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering work in the fields of "gene targeting" and embryonic stem-cell research. The discoveries, made over the past three decades, laid the groundwork for understanding how genes work.

The United Auto Workers union reached an agreement with Chrysler on a new labor contract after a brief walkout by assembly-line workers Wednesday. The union will now try to reach a new agreement with Ford.

The Senate agrees not to try to pass its own war-spending bill just yet, opting instead to resolve the matter first with the House behind closed doors. The Senate voted 94-1 Thursday to advance a resolution that avoids the funding question and instead pledges to support the troops.

Commencement ceremonies were bittersweet this weekend on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

President Bush tightened U.S. sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday, saying Darfurians deserve the help. It has been three years since his administration first called the conflict genocide. The action bars 31 more companies from accessing the U.S. financial system and targets three individuals.

President Bush named Robert Zoellick as the next president of the World Bank. Zoellick was President Bush's first Trade Representative and then the No. 2 official at the State Department. He will replace Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned two weeks ago after a bitter battle over charges of ethical lapses. Zoellick will have to heal a World Bank sharply divided over Wolfowitz's leadership.