Among the major news that made headlines this week:
1) The Presidential race between George W. Bush and John Kerry heats up as it approaches its final week.
2) Responding to an American request, Britain will redeploy 850 British troops from relatively calm Basra to Baghdad.
3) Kidnapped British aid worker and Iraqi citizen Margaret Hassan pleads for her life on a video aired on Al Jazeera.
4) Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick becomes the highest ranking soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and is sentenced to 8 years in prison.
5) Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson tried to put a positive spin on the flu vaccine shortage.
6) Gay Bishop Gene Robinson responds to a report from the Anglican Church which sought to heal the divides that his ordination had created within the Church.
7) The Boston Red Sox stage a historic comeback to win the American League Pennant Series and advance to the World Series for the first time since 1986.
Hear guest host Gail Harris and On Point news analyst Jack Beatty look back at this week’s major news.
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