1. After intense talks spanning two weeks, the US has made a U-turn on climate change. First rejecting negotiations, US finally agreed to a compromise: a two-year plan to develop a replacement for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

2. In a nationally-televised address, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf lifted the country's six-week-old state of emergency. He also vowed to hold free elections next month. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says the move is a good first step, but she says she's still concerned the elections may be rigged.

3. A 19-year-old man has died in Illinois after being in an icy pond for almost two hours. Officials say witnesses saw the teenager standing near the pond without any shoes on. Some time later, clothing was found near the bank of the pond including his coat.

4. More than 10,000 wreaths line Arlington National Cemetery. Volunteers placed one at each tombstone. The wreaths come from Maine and they've been decorating veterans' graves at Arlington for the past 16 years.