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Mark Rylance will soon wrap up his 10-year tenure as artistic director of the Globe Theatre Company. He is currently on tour with the company, starring as Vincentio in Measure for Measure.

Actor Dennis Quaid's new film is a family comedy called Yours, Mine, and Ours. He first became famous for Breaking Away in 1979; he has starred in a slew of hit films since then. Quaid's resume includes The Right Stuff, The Big Easy, Innerspace, Great Balls Of Fire, Any Given Sunday, The Day After Tomorrow, and Far From Heaven.

Amid growing criticism of U.S. strategy in Iraq, President Bush prepares to deliver a policy address Wednesday on the state of the war. On Monday, the president spoke about plans to change immigration laws. Both issues are dividing the country ahead of midterm elections in 2006.

Jurors in a federal case involving the painkiller Vioxx hear a Cleveland Clinic physician accuse drugmaker Merck of scientific misconduct. The suit was brought by a woman whose husband died of a heart attack after taking Vioxx.

By the time a farmer hears a swarm, it's usually too late to do anything but wait for the plague to pass. At the moment, researchers have a hard time predicting the movements of locust swarms. But that may be changing.

Households in the U.S. will receive eight test kits via the U.S. Postal Service. The release comes as cases have risen over 60% in the U.S. over the past two weeks.

Saddam Hussein's trial resumes with testimony that the former dictator's signature is on paperwork that led to the execution of residents in a Shiite town. Meanwhile, Iraqis continue to have difficulty forming a working government.

A jury convicts former Gov. George Ryan of steering millions of dollars in state leases and contracts to political insiders, lying to federal agents and tax fraud. The Republican is the third former Illinois governor in three decades to be convicted of federal felony charges.

Two 20-year-old Duke University lacrosse players were arrested early Tuesday on charges of raping and kidnapping a stripper hired to dance at an off-campus party.

A lot of people think of a marathon as the ultimate long distance race with its official distance of 26.2 miles. But that pales in comparison to a man who has run 350 miles -- in one race -- without stopping. Tom Goldman has a profile on Ultra-Marathoner Dean Karnazes.