North Korea tests 7th missile amid furor  —  SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea test-fired another missile Wednesday, intensifying the furor ignited when the reclusive regime launched at least six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong, earlier in the day.

Security Cabinet approves deeper incursion into Gaza  —  The Security Cabinet called for prolonged and gradual military action in Gaza and the West Bank, at a meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the Shalit crisis and how to respond to Tuesday's rocket attack on Ashkelon.

Global Warming's Real Inconvenient Truth  —  "Global warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the next century, but — regardless of whether it is or isn't — we won't do much about it.  We will (I am sure) argue ferociously over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it.

Bush Signaling Shift in Stance on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON, July 4 — On the eve of nationwide hearings that could determine the fate of his immigration bill, President Bush is signaling a new willingness to negotiate with House Republicans in an effort to revise the stalled legislation before Election Day.

Enron founder Ken Lay dies  —  64-year-old former energy executive was awaiting sentencing for fraud.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Enron founder Kenneth Lay died early Wednesday in Aspen, Colo., a family spokeswoman said.  —  Lay, 64, was awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of conspiracy and fraud.

Sen. Clinton Hedges Lieberman Support  —  ALBANY, N.Y., July 4 — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), a longtime supporter of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, said Tuesday that she will not back the Connecticut Democrat's bid for reelection if he loses their party's primary.  —  "I've known Joe Lieberman for more than 30 years.

Former regime said at core of insurgency  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government's list of the 41 most wanted fugitives suggests that former members of Saddam Hussein's regime form the backbone of the insurgency despite attention paid to the role of religious extremists such as al-Qaida in Iraq.

Judicial nominee asked about club  —  Just six months after quitting the all-male social club to which he belonged for 50 years, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is questioning one of President Bush's nominees to the federal bench about his membership in an all-male dining club.

Iraq considers arming insurgents  —  BAGHDAD — Iraq's government is studying a request from some local insurgent leaders to supply them with weapons so they can turn on the heavily armed foreign fighters who were once their allies, according to two Iraqi lawmakers.

President Bush Thanks Military on Independence Day at Fort Bragg, North Carolina  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.  Thanks for the warm welcome.  (Laughter.)  It's a pleasure to be back here at Fort Bragg — "Home of our Airborne and Special Forces."  (Applause.)

In Ramadi, Fetid Quarters and Unrelenting Battles  —  RAMADI, Iraq, July 4 — The Government Center in the middle of this devastated town resembles a fortress on the wild edge of some frontier: it is sandbagged, barricaded, full of men ready to shoot, surrounded by rubble and enemies eager to get inside.

Wave of Bodies in Baghdad's Central Morgue Signals a Stepped-Up Pace of Sectarian Killing  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 4 — The central morgue said Tuesday that it received 1,595 bodies last month, 16 percent more than in May, in a tally that showed the pace of killing here has increased since …