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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with Palestinian leaders, pushing ahead with preparations for a November peace conference in the U.S.

Olympic track and field star Marion Jones has pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about using steroids. The three-time Olympic gold medalist also announced her retirement from the sport on Friday. Michele Norris has an update.

Erik Prince, the chairman of the private security company, Blackwater USA, has rejected allegations that his employees have acted inappropriately in Iraq and Afghanistan. The FBI is investigating Blackwater personnel for their role in a shooting two weeks ago that left 11 Iraqis dead.

More than a dozen wildfires are burning out of control in Southern California, threatening thousands of homes and forcing evacuations in San Diego County. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in the region.

Twenty Turkish troops are dead or missing after fighting Sunday with Kurdish separatists near the border with Iraq. In Turkey, there is growing demand for the government to take action against Kurds in northern Iraq.

Turkey has gathered forces and heavy weapons on its border with Iraq after an attack Sunday by Kurdish rebels on Turkish troops left eight Turkish soldiers missing and 12 dead. Meantime, there has been a lot of diplomatic traffic. The U.S. fears that unilateral action by Turkey could destabilize the most stable part of Iraq.

Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto ended eight years of self-imposed exile Thursday and arrived in Karachi, where tens of thousands of supporters greeted her. The return was marred by at least two explosions near her motorcade, which was surrounded by supporters.

A Senate committee takes up the farm bill. They are finding it difficult to rein in the automatic payments that go to commodity crop farmers. Critics say the bill continues to the benefit of a small number of big farms.

The current debate over waterboarding may be new, but the practice is not. It predates the Inquisition and has been used, off and on, around the world ever since. The interrogation technique has been modified slightly but, in essence, has changed very little in the past 500 years.

Danny "Kid Delicious" Basavich was a depressed, overweight teen when he found his true calling in smoky billiards halls. In his new book, Running the Table, L. Jon Wertheim chronicles Basavich's rise as one of the country's best pool players.