Senate takes up finance reform
Today starts two weeks of freewheeling debate. But what will emerge in the end?

With rattletrap 'Mir' will fall a dream of Russian glory
Its scientific value was questionable, its hardware woes a global scandal. But it bespoke a superpower status -- now lost.

World briefs
Fit of pique blamed for attack on Buddhas

History of 'Mir'
Notable events in the 15-year history of Russia's Mir space station:

Crash mobilizes midnight rescue
BROOKS, Iowa -- Investigators picked through muddy wreckage Sunday as they sought to determine why an Amtrak train bound for Northern California derailed here, killing one passenger, injuring 90 others and spurring residents from a dozen small farm towns to mobilize a midnight rescue effort.