1. President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin are holding a farewell meeting at Putin's retreat on the Black Sea. But the White House has abandoned hopes the weekend talks will produce a missile defense deal before Putin leaves office next month.

2. The next person to serve as commander in chief is going to get the chance to question General Petraeus about the Iraq war. That's because all three presidential candidates are serving on Senate panels that will hear and question the top US military commander in Iraq when he testifies next week.

3. A Christian priest was reportedly killed in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad. Also in the Iraqi capital, at least four people were killed today when a bomb exploded on a minibus.

4. And festive crowds lined the streets to watch the Olympic torch pass through St. Petersburg, Russia. The torch next weaves its way across London and then onto Paris.