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Among today's top stories: U.S. stock futures point down; biggest of Texas wildfires 50 percent contained; another of Gadhafi's sons shows up in Niger.

The local newspaper reports it has been told there was "no radiation leak" earlier today after an explosion at a nuclear reprocessing facility in southern France. But much remains unknown about what happened at the plant in Marcoule.

Hundreds of people reportedly were trying to collect fuel from a broken tank. A cigarette tossed into an open sewer may have triggered the blast.

Alexander Galimov, 26, had been severely burned. Last week's plane crash killed most of the players and staff on Russia's elite Lokomotiv hockey team. Several NHL veterans were among those who died.

Louisville - Indiana and Kentucky transportation and law enforcement officials announced traffic plans aimed at managing extraordinary traffic congestion…

The troubled Charlotte, N.C.-based bank expects many of the cuts over the next few years will come through attrition and eliminating unfilled positions. The move is part of a cost-cutting program that the bank hopes will save $5 billion a year by 2014.

Bob Woodward argues Dick Cheney's willingness to bomb Syria on flimsy intelligence showed he didn't learn much from Sept. 11.

Krugman wrote that "the memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned" by President George W. Bush and others. Rumsfeld, Bush's Defense secretary, is angry.

The president criticizes an unnamed GOP aide for saying Republicans don't want to cooperate on a jobs plan because it would be bad politics for the GOP. He doesn't note that some Republicans, including that aide, also say the plan won't work.

The cable giant now offers Internet access to low-income families for $9.95 per month. Stipulated by its merger with NBCUniversal, the effort is meant to help children access resources they need for school. But families need more than cheap Internet access to bridge the digital divide, experts say.