News Minute: Deadly crane collapse...Talking troop cuts...Wall Street mixed

Associated Press - July 18, 2008 5:03 PM ET HOUSTON (AP) - The collapse of a crane at a Houston refinery has killed at least four people. An official with the Houston Fire Department says the crane, which was several hundred feet long, fell across a work area. WASHINGTON - President Bush has agreed to set a "general time horizon" for deeper U.S. troop cuts in Iraq. The announcement puts Bush in the position of offering to talk with Iraqi leaders about a politically charged issue that he adamantly has refused to discuss with the Democratic-led Congress. CAMP VICTORY, Iraq (AP) - With al-Qaida falling away, U.S. forces in Iraq are turning their attention to another front: the Iranian border. A U.S. commander says they intend to crack down on weapon smuggling from Iran by tightening the frontier with Iraq's neighbor to the east.... [read full story]