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Many listeners wrote in about Wade Goodwyn's story on UFO sightings in Texas, and one pointed out that we missed a teaching opportunity about superior mirage phenomenon. Robert Siegel talks with Christine Pulliam, a spokeswoman for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, to find out more.

Republican Pete Domenici announces he won't seek re-election because of a progressive brain disease.

Pakistan president Gen. Pervez Musharraf will step down as army chief if he is re-elected and will be sworn in as a civilian president, a government lawyer said Tuesday.

The grand lady and great dame Kitty Carlisle Hart passed away peacefully after a short illness this past week. The singer-actress had lived 96 fabulous years.

The government rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sent mortgage rates plunging on Monday. Some bond investors say this is a positive first sign. But the future of these two mortgage financing giants depends on what happens when a new administration takes over in Washington.

President Obama travels to Fort Hood, Texas, Tuesday to attend a memorial service for the victims of the shooting rampage that took place there last week. The massive Army post is taking time to honor those who lost their lives and were wounded, but it is still going about the business of getting soldiers ready to deploy in Iraq and Afghanistan.

President Obama called on Congress Friday to enact a new job-creation bill that includes tax breaks for small business hiring, and for people who make their homes more energy efficient. The comments came in Ohio, which has been hard-hit by the economic crisis.

Preliminary results form last week's Afghan presidential elections show incumbent Hamid Karzai and his main challenger with roughly 40 percent each of the votes counted so far. There will be a runoff if neither candidate gets 50 percent of the vote.

The recent report from York, Pa., in which Michele Norris and Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep spoke to a diverse group of voters about race and politics generated lots of equally diverse feedback.

The U.S. is demanding an immediate and complete withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia, after the Georgian president signed a cease-fire agreement mediated by France. Meanwhile, Russian troops came within 20 miles of the Georgian capital Friday.