Bush to Congress: 'Get to work' [AP photo] Worried about the economy, the president insists on having an economic stimulus package by the end of the month.

Doctors: Focus of flu shots should be flu
WASHINGTON -- Health authorities are recommending that elderly Americans, those with heart and lung problems and children with asthma get flu shots to protect against influenza, a killer that claims more than 20,000 American lives a year.

Sanitized mail gets examined for clues
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of pieces of mail sanitized by radiation are being trucked back to Washington where investigators will check them one by one in a search for anthrax clues.

Groups designated as terrorist organizations
The 46 groups that Attorney General John Ashcroft on Wednesday requested the State Department designate as terrorist organizations have been previously identified by the administration. The groups and their previous identification:

Policies tightened to deny terrorists
WASHINGTON -- The government tightened its immigration policies Wednesday, promising to use more extensive background checks and better intelligence-sharing to keep out suspected terrorists and their supporters.

Pentagon to call up even more reservists
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon expects to call up more reservists than the 50,000 originally thought needed for the war on terrorism, officials said Wednesday. Most will be reporting for homefront duty.

Envoy: Alliance provided bin Laden's whereabouts
WASHINGTON -- Rebel forces in Afghanistan spotted Osama bin Laden in early October and shared the information with the U.S.-led coalition fighting the international war on terrorism, a rebel spokesman said Wednesday.

Taliban official: Respect us, and we'll negotiate
Amir Khan Muttaqi demands the U.S. turn over evidence of Osama bin Laden's involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Divided House faces airport security vote
WASHINGTON -- House leaders scrambled for votes Wednesday as a tight vote neared on the role of the federal government in ensuring the safety of the nation's airways.

America strikes notebook
Ashcroft: 3 men knew of attacks

U.S. pummels Taliban lines
B-52s are used for the first time in the heaviest bombing so far against Taliban positions north of the Afghan capital.

Latest victim lived a quiet life in the Bronx, friends say
NEW YORK -- In life, Kathy Nguyen was just another working-class immigrant in another big apartment building in the South Bronx. She didn't own a car or a home. She had no court records. She did what so many people in her neighborhood do -- rode the No. 6 elevated train to Manhattan, worked hard, came home late at night to a small apartment with a deadbolt lock, then did it again the next day.

The anthrax files
Died of inhalation anthrax

Lawmakers may spend more on emergency
WASHINGTON -- Despite President Bush's efforts to keep a lid on the budget until next year, pressure is growing on Capitol Hill to go beyond the $40-billion in emergency funding lawmakers approved three days after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

Officials see trucks, reactors as targets
WASHINGTON -- Federal and state officials are taking steps to prepare for an escalation of terrorism that experts say could include truck bombings and attacks on nuclear power plants as well as more hijackings.

U.S. sees red over Nicaraguan election
of the consequences of electing the former Sandinista Daniel Ortega.