1. President Bush is turning up the pressure on Pervez Musharraf. Bush is calling on the Pakistani president to hold elections and relinquish his army post as soon as possible. It's the first public comment since Musharraf imposed a state of emergency.

2. This woman pleaded guilty to helping dispose of a pregnant woman's body in Ohio and Myisha Ferrell has agreed to testify against Bobby Cutts Junior. Cutts is accused of killing Jessie Davis. Her body was found in June.

3. Noisy pickets on both coasts as Hollywood writers held their first strike in nearly 20 years. As a result, networks will be rerunning some late-night talk shows and soap operas.

4. "The Colbert Report" is among the shows going into repeats, but the talk show host won't be spending his time planning his run for the White House. The comedian dropped his bid to run for the presidency after South Carolina Democratic Party officials voted to keep him off the state's primary ballot. Stephen Colbert said he'd only run in his native state under both parties - so he could lose twice.