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The United Auto Workers and General Motors have reached a tentative deal on a new contract and strikers are back at work. UAW officials will now take the contract to their members who will vote on whether to accept it.

Kosovo, the former province of Yugoslavia has declared independence, stirring both enthusiasm and controversy around the world. Three Kosovar-Albanians discuss the meaning of independence and what lies ahead for the new Balkan country.

Stephenville, Texas, is abuzz with talk of UFOs. Several residents — including a pilot — have reported seeing a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast, describing it as "nothing from these parts." Federal officials say there's a logical explanation, but locals insist the object was larger, quieter and faster than an aircraft.

A prosecutor in Michigan announced Monday that she is bringing perjury and other charges against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff. Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy began investigating the mayor after the publication of racy text messages allegedly exchanged with his chief of staff.

Chrysler workers are walking off the job across the United States for the first time in a decade. The strike follows stalled contract talks between the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler.

Hundreds of thousands of Californians have evacuated their homes because of wildfires raging from north of Los Angeles all the way to the Mexican border. Two evacuees who took up shelter at Qualcomm Stadium and the Del Mar Fairgrounds detail their experiences.

A new study reports that incomes have increased for both black and white families over the past three decades — but the gain is greater for whites. The study, which tracked more than 2,000 families, shows that a black family's income in 2004 was a little more than half that of a similar white family's income.

A new report from the National Endowment for the Arts reveals that Americans are reading less frequently and less proficiently. Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and award-winning poet, talks about the new report, "To Read or Not to Read."

President Bush nominates former federal judge Michael Mukasey to be the next U.S. attorney general. Mary Jo White, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has tried terrorism cases before Mukasey and talks about her impressions of the judge.

The Pentagon says it is sending four National Guard combat units back to Iraq, although most of the soldiers have already spent 18 months away from their civilian jobs and their families. Others are returning — after less than three years — to Iraq.