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The Bush Administration is promoting another plan to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. It would expand voluntary efforts by major banks to modify loan terms for struggling borrowers. But housing advocates doubt the move will keep a large number of people in their homes.

The breakaway province of Kosovo is expected to declare its independence from Serbia this weekend. But the official separation can't take place until a new constitution has been approved by parliament. One of the biggest issues still being discussed is about guaranteeing the rights of ethnic minorities.

Republicans in Kansas refuse to endorse the idea that John McCain has it all sewn up. They give their caucus support to Mike Huckabee, the last of the leading candidates still challenging the senator. Both parties are also holding contests Saturday in Louisiana and Washington, and Democrats are holding caucuses in Nebraska.

Barack Obama won most of the states on the Democratic side of Super Tuesday, but Hillary Clinton won the biggest ones on both coasts. Several states hold events Saturday, and next week brings the Potomac Primary in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Illegal street racing made headlines on Saturday when eight spectators were killed on a stretch of highway in Maryland. Drag racing experts — including a paramedic and a former racer — discuss the history and culture of the risky, underground pastime.

Growing up, Chinese-American writer Jennifer 8. Lee noticed the food at Chinese restaurants differed greatly from what her mother served at home, and an obsession was born. The result is a book called The Fortune Cookie Chronicles.

A Navy warship shot down a dying American spy satellite that was due to crash to Earth. The Pentagon said it feared if the satellite hit the ground and ruptured, it would release a toxic gas. But some think the Pentagon had an ulterior motive in shooting down the satellite.

A presidential transition is apparently underway in Cuba. Fidel Castro, who has already given up power temporarily because of illness, says he will do so permanently.

Pakistan holds parliamentary elections Monday. The outcome could produce a parliament hostile to President Pervez Musharraf, who has seen his popularity plummet over the past year.

Fidel Castro announced his resignation overnight in a letter online. The news won't be a shock to many Cubans, who are used to the idea that he is about to retire. The dictator has been sidelined due to illness for the past 18 months. The BBC's Cuba correspondent, Michael Voss, talks about the news.