Space station trouble...Norris Hall tours...More mosques attacked

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) NASA says returning the crew of the international space station to Earth because of a Russian computer failure would be a worst-case scenario. The computer failure occurred last week and has NASA managers considering whether to keep the shuttle Atlantis docked at the space station for an extra day or two.

CAPITOL HILL (AP) It could be the first major gun control law in more than a decade. The House has voted to fix flaws in the national gun background check system that allowed the Virginia Tech shooter to buy guns despite his mental health problems. The N-R-A is endorsing the legislation.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) The media today gets to see inside the building at Virginia Tech that was the scene of mass murder. Norris Hall has been closed since a gunman killed 30 people and himself there in April. It officially reopens on Monday but only for engineering research. No classes will ever be held there again.

BAGHDAD (AP) Curfews are helping keep things relatively calm in Iraq today but haven't stopped all the violence. A handful of Sunni mosques have been attacked or burned a day after the bombing of the minarets at a major Shiite shrine.

Washington (AP) Colgate-Palmolive says tubes of counterfeit toothpaste sold in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland are being recalled because they may contain a chemical found in antifreeze. The company says the toothpaste was imported from South Africa and sold in discount stores.

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