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Lloyd Richards, one of the most respected directors and educators in American theater, died in Manhattan on his 87th birthday. Richards was the first African American to direct a Broadway play: A Raisin in the Sun.

In America, there are 3,700 wineries — many of them small, family-owned operations — and wine is a $21 billion business. Monday's Supreme Court ruling opened the door to making it a bigger business, by striking down laws banning interstate wine shipments.

The Supreme Court overturns the conviction of the accounting firm Arthur Andersen. The company had been convicted of instructing employees to shred documents, hindering an investigation of Andersen's role at Enron Corporation. Andersen said its officials had been reminding employees of the firm's policy of disposing of documents that are no longer needed.

Floridians return to their homes on the northern Gulf Coast to survey the wreckage of Hurricane Dennis. Five people were killed in Florida and Georgia. The storm caused more than $2 billion in insured damage. Forecasters say Dennis, which is now a tropical depression, can still generate flooding and tornadoes.

Reacting to proposed job cuts at General Motors, United Autoworkers officials say the U.S. car giant can't shrink its way out of its financial problems. GM plans to eliminate 25,000 jobs and close some of its plants by 2008. The automaker lost more than $1 billion in the first quarter of 2005.

A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Forth Worth — "Women Painting Women" — shows viewers what happens when women are both the subject and the artist. The result: something raw and real.

Jackie Northam provides an update on the cases of military men and women accused of being involved in the prisoner abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Five of seven guards involved in abusing prisoners have pleaded guilty or been found guilty of charges against them, and a senior officer has been demoted.

President Bush's next stop is the former Soviet republic of Georgia. He is expected to praise the country for its turn toward democracy during the peaceful "Rose Revolution" that brought a pro-western leader into office.

The West African nation of Mali is one of the impoverished countries that could benefit from the debt relief proposed by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Economic development has been slow in Mali, but with debt forgiveness its potential for growth is rife.

House Republicans have put funding for public broadcasting on the chopping block. They say their action isn't related to ideological concerns. The move comes at a time when public broadcasters are confronting allegations of liberal bias.