Sunday Round-Up

It's official: The war in Iraq has now lasted longer than the U.S. involvement in World War II. As of Sunday, the conflict in Iraq has raged for three years and just over eight months. Only the Vietnam War (eight years, five months), the Revolutionary War (six years, nine months), and the Civil War (four years), have engaged America longer.

Full-scale conservative Sam Brownback said today that he's poured thought and prayer into a forthcoming decision whether to seek the presidency in 2008. "We're very close with announcements".

A possible landmark court verdict could be coming this week: The Bush Administration may be forced to change course on climate change. . .

Jordan's King Abdullah: "The difficulty that we're tackling with here is, we're juggling with the strong potential of three civil wars in the region, whether it's the Palestinians, that of Lebanon or of Iraq...and we could possibly imagine going into 2007 and having three civil wars on our hands. And therefore, it is time that we really take a strong step forward as part of the international community and make sure we avert the Middle East from a tremendous crisis that I fear, and I see could possibly happen in 2007".

Michael Richards appeared today on Jesse Jackson's nationally syndicated radio program, "Keep Hope Alive," as a part of a series of apologies for the incident. He said he knew his comments had hurt the black community, and hoped to meet with the two men he'd directed them at. Richards reiterated that he did not consider himself a racist, and that he was "shattered" by the comments he'd made to the young black men during a tirade at a Los Angeles comedy club.