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cnn 2007-06-06



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Hello, and good Tuesday to you from the cnn center in Atlanta, I'm Stacey Elgin. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for lying to investigators and now will have to pay a 250,000-dollar fine for lying to federal agents. Back in March, Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide was found guilty of perjury and obstruction in the probe into the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. Libby's attorneys plan to appeal.

A lifesaving mission turned deadly over Lake Michigan. Search teams found the remains of six members of a University of Michigan organ transplant team hours after their small plane hit the water. The team was delivering organs for a patient in critical condition. The pilot signaled an emergency just minutes after take-off. The plane though went down shortly afterward. The Coast Guard says no one could have survived that crash.

Police in Trinidad say that the fourth and final suspect in an alleged plot to attack fuel lines at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport have surrendered. 57-year-old Abdel Nur Guyanese is expected to make an initial court appearance later in the day.

The Homeland Security Department is considering using armed unmanned planes to patrol U.S. airports. They would fly at about 50,000 feet and be armed with lasers or radio waves that could zap shoulder launched missiles.

And it appears Toyota's hybrid, the Prius is just too much for Honda to handle. Honda announced this morning it is discontinuing the hybrid version of its Honda Accord. The Accord Hybrid has sold a mere 25,000 cars in the U.S. compared to the 729,000 Prius models sold. Honda will continue though to sell gas and electric models of its Civic Sedan.

Well, be sure to stick with us here at cnn.com 24/7 for news from around the world and of course we'll have updates right here throughout the day.