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Georgia this weekend prepared for increased ground attacks as Russia sent more troops and hundreds of tanks into the breakaway province of South Ossetia on Saturday. President Bush urged Russia and Georgia Saturday morning to declare a cease fire.

Amid soaring gas prices, the most depressed real estate market in decades, falling home prices and tight credit, President Bush defended his administration's efforts to stabilize the economy in a news conference Tuesday.

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' communications with social media companies about controversial online posts.

A battle has begun on the border between the Republic of Georgia and Russia. Georgian forces backed by warplanes have launched a full-scale internal offensive in the region of South Ossetia. They're fighting with Russian-backed separatists over control of the breakaway region. Madeleine Brand talks with Lawrence Sheets about the fighting.

A federal judge unsealed documents in the anthrax case Wednesday. FBI officials were expected to hold a public event to describe the evidence against Army scientist Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide last week before prosecutors could charge him in the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001.

Salim Hamdan, who served as a driver for Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison by a U.S. military jury in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. With credit for time served, he may be eligible for release by the end of the year. But the government could continue holding him.

The 3-digit suicide prevention lifeline went live a year ago. More work is needed on the 988 system, but the first year has gone more smoothly than many expected.

The Army says 19-year-old Pfc. LaVena Johnson committed suicide while serving in Iraq, but her family isn't buying it. John Johnson explains why he believes his daughter was brutally raped and murdered — and why the Army wants it covered up. Johnson is joined by retired Col. Ann Wright, who raises awareness of sexual assault in the military.

Russia say tens of thousands of people have been displaced from South Ossetia, where the conflict erupted a week ago. Fighting has largely stopped in the area, but reports of looting and banditry continue.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to visit the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, this week in an effort to resolve the Russia-Georgia conflict. On Thursday, Rice meets with France's president, who has taken the diplomatic lead in dealing with the conflict.