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From the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin, here are some headlines NOW IN THE NEWS.
Former President Gerald Ford died last night. He was 93 years old. Ford helped the US recover from the Watergate scandal. His presidency was defined by his pardon of Richard Nixon. Ford is the only person to have served as President and Vice President without having been elected to either office.
Saddam Hussein could be executed as early as today. Yesterday an Iraqi appeal court upheld Saddam Hussein's death sentence. Iraqi law requires it to be carried out within 30 days. He was sentenced in November for his role in the 1982 massacre.
Israel has launched what could be a major blow to maintaining its month-old ceasefire with the Palestinian Authority. This morning, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office vowed to renew pinpoint attacks against rocket launching cells in Gaza. The decision came after two Israeli boys were wounded by a rocket in a town on the Israeli Gaza border.
Ethiopian and Somali government troops have taken control of a major Somalian town from Islamic fighters. A Somalian government spokesman says Somali troops are now headed toward a town about 20 miles from Mogadishu. And Islamic militia controls Mogadishu and much of Somalia. Yesterday, the UN envoy to Somalia warned of a deteriorating situation in that country.
Charges that the US military had identified the 9/11 hijackers before the attacks are false. That's the finding of a Senate investigation. Republican Congressman Curt Weldon had charged that a secret military unit had collected data on the hijackers a year before the attack. Well, leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee now say there is no evidence to back that up.
"We are just now digging out from this one and I think another storm could probably snow a scene pretty good. "
Now, they just can't catch a break in the Mile High City. Meteorologists are saying more snow is expected in the Denver area tomorrow and on Friday rivaling last week’s blizzard.
The White House is expected to announce today that it wants to list polar bears as endangered species. An Interior Department official tells the Washington Post the bears are in trouble because warmer temperatures are melting their habitat. It would be the first time in administration acknowledges climate change as a reason for putting a species on that list.
And for more on these stories and continuing coverage of breaking news, log on to CNN.com or tune in to CNN television right now.
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