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Police in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad detain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, preventing her from leading a protest march against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's imposition of the state of emergency. There are also reports that thousands of Bhutto supporters have been rounded up.

In Iowa's large cities and small, Republican presidential hopefuls press the flesh, give speeches and host town meetings. Their accelerated campaigning comes less than eight weeks before the first official voting of the 2008 presidential contest happens in Iowa.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Bush administration will review its financial assistance to Pakistan. The announcement comes one day after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule and suspended the nation's constitution.

The Anthropocene Working Group is proposing a small but deep lake outside of Toronto, Canada — Crawford Lake — to place a historic marker.

Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pleads guilty to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge. Vick admitted helping kill six to eight pit bulls and supplying money for gambling on the fights. He will be sentenced on Dec. 10.

Michael Vick made a public apology Monday after formally entering a guilty plea to a dogfighting conspiracy charge. He apologized to the NFL and to his team, the Atlanta Falcons, and said he would redeem himself.

More than 40 major fires are still burning out of control across much of southern Greece. Dozens have died, towns have been destroyed and villagers are mounting desperate firefighting efforts.

Karl Rove, President Bush's closest political adviser, is a longtime member of Bush's inner circle. He was nicknamed "the architect" by the president for designing the strategy that twice captured the White House.

Volatile stock activity defines the U.S. market as investors absorb the Federal Reserve's commitment to provide enough cash to underpin a wobbly credit system. The Fed is hoping to quell turmoil on Wall Street created by a credit crunch that set off panic in the United States and abroad.

Newark, N.J., has been successful in reducing other kinds of crimes, but the murder rate continues to rise at a record pace. The murder of three college students has residents asking tough questions about the city's homicide rate.