Editor's Note: The CNN Wire is a running log of the latest news from CNN World Headquarters, reported by CNN's correspondents and producers, and The CNN Wire editors.

Car bomb kills 1, wounds 2

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- One civilian was killed and two others wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Talbiya neighborhood of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad Wednesday, an official with Baghdad Emergency Police said.

The attack took place around 8 a.m. (posted 2:10 a.m.)

Jackson faces Wednesday deadline to come up with back pay for Neverland staff

(CNN) -- Michael Jackson has told state officials he is trying to secure workers' compensation insurance for employees at his Neverland Ranch -- and that he intends to make good on $306,000 in back pay that he owes them, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Industrial Relations told CNN Tuesday.

The state has granted Jackson a one-day extension to pay the back wages, as well as a $100,000 fine for violating state labor laws, but will likely sue to collect the money if it isn't paid by Wednesday at 5 p.m. (8 p.m. ET), spokeswoman Rene Bacchini said.

In the meantime, employees are still off the job at Neverland. Last week, the Department of Industrial Relations slapped a "stop order" on the ranch after learning its workers' compensation insurance had lapsed. Jackson, who now lives in Bahrain, was fined an additional $69,000 for not having the insurance.

A local veterinarian -- who preferred to remain anonymous -- arranged to have all of the animal caretakers placed on his payroll so the exotic animals living at Neverland could receive necessary care, Bacchini said. --CNN Senior Producer Dree De Clamecy contributed to this report. (Posted 9:40 p.m.)

Government's case against Enron winding down

HOUSTON (CNNMoney.com) -- The government expects to wrap up its case against Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former chief executive Jeffrey Skilling within the next two weeks, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday night.

Attorney Sean Berkowitz told Judge Sim Lake after jurors were excused for the day that the government should be finished by the week of March 27, giving the defense team a shot at discrediting the government's case. Skilling's lead attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, has asked the judge for a "couple of days to regroup" before the first defense witness takes the stand.

Lay and Skilling face more than three dozen fraud and conspiracy charges accusing them of lying to investors about Enron's financial state, while they enriched themselves by selling millions of dollars in stock. Enron -- once the seventh largest U.S. corporation -- declared bankruptcy in December 2001, costing 4,000 employees their jobs and resulting in massive losses for investors. -- By Shaheen Pasha, CNNMoney.com staff writer (Posted 8:48 p.m.)

Company: Lightning caused W. Va. mine disaster, investigation shows

(CNN) -- A bolt of lightning triggered a methane gas explosion that left 12 men dead at a West Virginia coal mine in January, mine owners announced Tuesday, citing an independent investigation of the blast.

Operations at the Sago Mine in Tallmansville, W. Va., will resume Wednesday, said a statement issued by International Coal Group. Thirteen miners were trapped underground by the Jan. 2 blast. When rescuers were able to reach them 41 hours later, only one remained alive; the others had died from carbon monoxide intoxication. Results of state and federal investigations are pending.

The conclusion that lightning caused the blast appeared to be verified by three independent events that occurred simultaneously at 6:26 a.m. on Jan. 2, ICG said. An independent weather monitoring service measured "an unusually large lightning strike of roughly three times normal strength;" a "seismic event at the Sago Mine" was detected by a U.S. Geologic Survey seismic station in Morgantown, W.Va.; and the mine's monitoring system signaled a combustion alarm because of the presence of carbon monoxide. (Posted 8:18 p.m.)

1 dead, 7 missing after Hawaii dam break

(CNN) -- At least one person was killed and seven people were missing after a dam broke Tuesday morning on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, which has been drenched by weeks of heavy rain.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching the area around Kilauea Bay, on the northern side of the island, with helicopters, boats and airplanes. One body was discovered in a reservoir, according to a statement from the Coast Guard. The break in the dam on Kilauea Stream was reported about 9:45 a.m. (2:45 p.m. ET).

Kauai was under a flash flood watch because of heavy rain, which is forecast to last throughout the week. In the past two days, 2 to 8 inches of rain have fallen across the island, with as much as 17 inches in higher elevations. Kauai is the northernmost of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly 100 miles west of Oahu. --CNN Meteorologist Jacqui Jeras contributed to this report. (Updated 8:06 p.m.)

Louisiana lawmaker, Jackson call for delay in New Orleans election

NEW ORLEANS (CNN) -- A Louisiana state senator and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson called for a delay in New Orleans' April 22 election Tuesday, arguing more needs to be done to ensure residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina can vote.

Jackson compared holding an election while nearly 300,000 of the hurricane-battered city's largely black residents remain scattered across the region to the use of poll taxes and literacy tests in the segregation-era South.

And state Sen. Cleo Fields argued that Louisiana officials ignored the federal Voting Rights Act by ordering the election without getting Justice Department approval to consolidate precincts ravaged by the storm. "Two-thirds of the voting public in New Orleans will not be in New Orleans on election day, and almost 90 percent of the people will vote in a different precinct," said Fields, D-Baton Rouge. (Posted 7:04 p.m.)

Anti-tobacco group attacks WebMD for accepting Philip Morris ads

(CNN) -- The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Tuesday criticized WebMD for posting on its Web site an advertisement paid for by Philip Morris that describes itself as an "information resource" for people who want to quit smoking.

"We think it is inexcusable for a Web site dedicated to providing credible advice to the American public to include an advertisement from a company that sells more cigarettes to more people than any other company in the United States," said Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

A spokeswoman for WebMD who returned a call last week seeking comment asked whether CNN was planning to run a story. She did not return another call Tuesday.

But a spokeswoman for Philip Morris USA said Tuesday that WebMD has informed the tobacco company's media buying agency that it will no longer accept the advertisement effective April 1. (Posted 7:02 p.m.)

Milosevic to be buried in Serbia

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CNN) -- The body of Slobodan Milosevic is to leave Amsterdam early Wednesday afternoon for Belgrade, where a funeral for the former Yugoslav leader will be held, one of his lawyers said Tuesday night.

Attorney Branko Rakic told a news conference that the body is scheduled to leave Schiphol Airport, where it was staying overnight, at 1:15 p.m. (7:15 a.m. ET) and arrive in Belgrade at 3:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. ET). Rakic provided no details on the funeral and burial, but said, "He will have a grave that a former president should have."

Milosevic's son Marko left his Russian exile Tuesday to go to the Netherlands to accompany his father's body. The family had been pushing for a Belgrade funeral, and a court there cleared the way Tuesday by lifting an arrest warrant for his widow. (Posting 7:01 p.m.)

Judge bars aviation witnesses and evidence from 9/11 trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CNN) -- The federal judge who has presided over the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui for more than four years has decided the death penalty prosecution will continue, though she gutted roughly half the government's case by barring aviation security witnesses from testifying.

Citing a "series of egregious errors" affecting Moussaoui's rights to a fair trial, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema struck all intended aviation evidence and six aviation witnesses who had spent the day testifying how, if at all, their prepared testimony would be affected by improper coaching by a government lawyer not part of the prosecution team.

She refrained from the dismissing the death penalty option, which would have ended the trial convened to determine whether Moussaoui should be executed or spend life in prison without parole. -- From CNN Senior Producer Phil Hirschkorn (Posted 6:59 p.m.)

Some close to Bush pushing for new blood on White House staff

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A move is afoot among some friends and confidantes of President Bush to persuade him to bring in at least one seasoned Republican veteran to help his struggling staff, CNN has learned.

According to two sources involved in the discussions, some veteran Republicans have been quietly trying to convince White House Chief of Staff Andy Card to bring in at least one "adult," like a former senator or another "experienced hand," to help him reach out to congressional leaders, troubleshoot and, in the words of one source, "just be in the loop and give advice."

The sources spoke on condition of anonymity. --From CNN White House Correspondent Dana Bash (Posted 6:15 p.m.)

West Virginia mine accident survivor visits home

(CNN) -- Randal McCloy, the sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster, visited home Tuesday and ate a home-cooked meal for the first time since the Jan. 2 accident, his family said.

McCloy shared barbecue ribs, macaroni and cheese, fried rice and homemade applesauce with wife Anna, son Randal, 16-month-old daughter Isabel and brother-in-law Rick McGee.

After the three-hour visit to his home in Simpson, W.Va., McCloy returned to HealthSouth Mountainview Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Morgantown, his family said in a written statement. --From CNN Producer Ronni Berke (Posted 6:14 p.m.)

Louisiana lawmaker, Jackson call for delay in New Orleans election

NEW ORLEANS (CNN) -- A Louisiana state senator and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson called for a delay in New Orleans' upcoming elections Tuesday, arguing more needs to be done to ensure residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina can vote.

Jackson compared holding an election while nearly 300,000 of the hurricane-battered city's largely black residents remain scattered across the region to the use of poll taxes and literacy tests in the segregation-era South. And state Sen. Cleo Fields argued that Louisiana officials ignored the federal Voting Rights Act by ordering the April 22 vote without getting Justice Department approval to consolidate precincts ravaged by the storm.

"Two-thirds of the voting public in New Orleans will not be in New Orleans on election day, and almost 90 percent of the people will vote in a different precinct," said Fields, D-Baton Rouge.

The Justice Department has until April 13 to decide on the elections and could ask for a 30-day extension to conduct additional investigation, he said. (Posted 5:51 p.m.)

Palestinian militants release six hostages

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Palestinian militants Tuesday night released seven hostages -- including an American professor -- who were kidnapped after Israel attacked a prison in Jericho, said Palestinian security forces and militants in Jenin.

The professor, who teaches at the Arab-American University near Jenin on the West Bank, identified himself as Douglas Johnson. He was kidnapped earlier in the day in the Palestinian territories after the Israeli advance.

Also released were two French women who work for the aid group Medecins du Monde (Doctors of the World); a Swiss Red Cross worker; two French journalists; and a South Korean. (Posted 5:15 p.m.)

Coast Guard to cease search-and-rescue efforts for missing students

(CNN) -- The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday it was suspending its active search for three University of Rhode Island students who disappeared a day earlier from a rowboat in the water off Narragansett Bay, as they believe there is no hope of finding the students alive.

"We're no longer optimistic at this point that further search efforts will be successful," said Cmdr. Peter Martin, head of the Coast Guard Search and Rescue team. As the water temperature is about 40 degrees, he said, "survivability is probably limited to hours, or not more than a few hours."

Searchers, including those from state and local agencies, will shift into a recovery mode, conducting boat patrols and flyovers, authorities said. Approaching bad weather and gale-force winds, however, will probably preclude a water search on Wednesday, they said. (Posted 4:57 p.m.)

Next space shuttle mission slips to July

(CNN) -- The window for the next launch of the space shuttle is slipping from May to July, Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale announced Tuesday.

While the space agency had been working toward a May launch of the shuttle Discovery, an electrical problem with the engine cut-off (ECO) sensors inside the shuttle's external tank cropped up last week. ECO sensors are designed to make sure a shuttle's main engines turn off properly when the fuel level in the external tank drops to a certain level. Engineers at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have determined that the sensors will need to be replaced.

Even before this problem presented itself, NASA admitted that a launch in the May 3-22 launch window was "optimistic," and that every aspect of shuttle processing would have to proceed perfectly for a launch to come in that window. The ECO sensor swap-out now makes that impossible.

Because the shuttle will dock with the International Space Station, it must launch during certain windows of opportunity that will put it on the right trajectory to rendezvous with the station. The next launch window runs from July 1 to 19. (Posted 4:32 p.m.)

Authorities uncover possible human smuggling drop house

(CNN) -- Houston police answering a call about a shooting Tuesday uncovered what authorities believe may be a drop house for human smugglers.

Situated in a residential neighborhood in the southwestern part of the city, an immigration official said the residence where the shootings occurred appeared to be a typical drop house -- a site where illegal immigrants are held until relatives or others come to pay for their release.

Lt. Robert Manzo of the Houston Police told CNN a total of 21 males who were found in the home and in the surrounding neighborhood have been turned over to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. At least six had attempted to flee when police arrived. (Posted 2:42 p.m.)

Mike Wallace enters 'emeritus' status

(CNN) -- Veteran "60 Minutes" newsman Mike Wallace has entered "emeritus" status, a CBS spokesman said Thursday.

"He'll still be in the building, will still do an occasional piece," said Kevin Tedesco. "It's not a retirement, it's a new status."

Since Wallace, 87, has completed his pieces for this season's "60 Minutes" programs, "it's effective really already," Tedesco said. "It's effective now."

Wallace has been a correspondent for the program since its 1968 premiere. (Posted 1:40 p.m.)

Israel besieges Palestinian prison, six prisoners held under international pact surrender

JERICHO, West Bank (CNN) -- Six prisoners wanted by Israel in the killing of an Israeli minister and a botched arms deal surrendered to Israeli forces Tuesday night after Israel attacked their prison in Jericho, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Israeli forces surrounded the prison Tuesday after international monitors from the United States and Britain withdrew. According to Palestinian security sources, four people were killed and 35 wounded in the 10-hour Israeli siege.

IDF officials said they attacked because they did not want the prisoners to escape. The six will be taken to Israeli prisons, they said.

Among the group are five Palestinian militants Israel says were involved in the killing of Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi. One of the five is Ahmed Saadat, who Israel says is head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which ordered the killing of Ze'evi. (Posted 12:59 p.m.)

Barge carrying rocks hits bridge in Maryland's Severn River

(CNN) -- A large unmanned barge carrying rocks wedged against the U.S. Route 50 bridge over Maryland's Severn River on Tuesday, Coast Guard officials said.

State police closed down that bridge and another one further south on the river as a precaution.

Petty Officer Rich Codney said the barge broke away from its moorings in Luce Creek earlier in the day and lodged against the first bridge it encountered.

The owner of the barge sent tug boats to the scene, and when the barge turned and began to edge between two of the bridge's supports, workers jumped aboard and secured it to the piling on the south side of the bridge. (Posted 12:40 p.m.)

Indian officials report 2nd bird flu outbreak among commercial poultry

NEW DELHI (CNN) -- A second outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was reported Tuesday in India among commercial poultry, Indian officials said.

Officials of the agriculture ministry said the outbreak occurred near the town of Jalgaon, in Maharashtra state. An official with the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory told CNN seven of 72 chickens sent from Jalgaon tested positive for the virus. Ministry officials said 75,000 chickens would be culled.

The first H5N1 outbreak was reported last month in Maharashtra and Gujarat, after which more than 400,000 chickens were culled.

No infection has been reported among humans. --From CNN's Ram Ramgopal (Posted 12:16 p.m.)

Jericho prisoners surrender to Israelis

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Prisoners inside a Palestinian Authority prison in Jericho -- including six prisoners wanted by Israel in the killing of an Israeli minister and a botched arms deal -- surrendered to Israeli forces Tuesday night, sources inside the prison told CNN. (Posted 12:04 p.m.)

Palestinian militants: Kidnapped American professor released

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- An American professor kidnapped by Palestinian militants after Israel attacked a prison in Jericho was freed Tuesday night, according to Palestinian militants in Jenin.

The professor, who teaches at the Arab-American University near Jenin on the West Bank, identified himself as Douglas Johnson.

He was one of at least six people kidnapped Tuesday in the Palestinian territories after the Israeli attack on the Jericho prison. (Posted noon)

American security contractor detained in Iraq

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- An American security contractor was detained by Iraqi police in Tikrit, authorities told CNN Tuesday.

An official with the Salaheddin Joint Coordination Center identified the man as John Heist and said he was arrested at a checkpoint because he was carrying weapons and explosives in his car.

A U.S. military official would not confirm the name but said an American citizen had been stopped at a police checkpoint and detained for traveling alone, which violates security procedures for contractors in the area. A search of the vehicle turned up two weapons that the man said were used for self-defense, according to the military official. (Posted 11:12 a.m.)

2nd autopsy rules out sickle cell as cause of teen's death

TAMPA, Fla. (CNN) -- A second autopsy of Martin Lee Anderson, who died In January after he was restrained and struck by workers at a Florida boot camp for juvenile offenders, has determined that natural disease did not lead to the teenager's death, a coroner hired by the family announced Tuesday.

The initial autopsy determined Anderson, 14, died from complications from sickle cell trait, which had not been previously diagnosed in the teenage athlete. "I think we all agree he did not die of sickle trait," said Dr. Michael Baden, who was asked by Anderson's family to take part in the second autopsy, which lasted 12 hours.

Videotape of the incident showed Anderson being forced to the ground by various takedown methods, including knees to the thigh, pressure points to his ear and punches to his arms.

The staff, in a written report, said the techniques used on Anderson included ammonia capsules under his nose, knee strikes, a straight arm-bar takedown, bending his wrist, and pouring water over his head. (Posted 10:36 a.m.)

Group: iPods, MP3 players pose risk of permanent hearing damage

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The American Speech Language Hearing Association warned Tuesday that users of iPods and other MP3 players risk permanent hearing damage, especially if they listen at high volume and for long periods of time.

The group released results of a survey that indicated increased use of the audio devices by children and adults, creating what association president Alex Johnson said is "some risk for our hearing."

Apple Computers, makers of the iPod, have not yet responded to queries from CNN. (Posted 9:44 a.m.)

Serbia OKs Milosevic burial

BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro (CNN) -- Slobodan Milosevic's family will be allowed to bury the former Serbian president in Serbia, according to a statement on the Web site of Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica.

"With the court's decision to drop the arrest warrant for Mirja Markovic and to allow her to come to the funeral of her husband, here in Serbia, the family is allowed to bury him in Serbia," the statement said. "Burial is a civilized act which we should respect and it is also in the spirit of our tradition. I am quite sure that everybody will treat it in the same way." (Posted 9:42 a.m.)

Official: Milosevic had drugs smuggled into prison from Serbia

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CNN) -- The son of Slobodan Milosevic traveled to The Hague Tuesday to pick up the body of his father as questions swirled over the cause of death for the former Yugoslav leader.

Preliminary autopsy results indicated the former president of Serbia died Saturday of a heart attack in his cell at a U.N. detention center, but Milosevic's family say they don't trust the autopsy and believe he may have been poisoned.

Blood tests earlier this year found traces in Milosevic's bloodstream of an unprescribed antibiotic that would have counteracted his blood pressure medication. Milosevic himself claimed he was receiving poor treatment and being poisoned, but doctors at the detention center believed he was self-medicating. (Posted 9:05 a.m.)

Israeli troops besiege prison seeking six prisoners

JERICHO, West Bank (CNN) -- An Israeli military force surrounded a Palestinian prison here Tuesday, attacking with helicopter-fired missiles as well as tank and automatic weapons fire, but six prisoners wanted by the Israelis remained holed up inside vowing not to be taken alive.

The six Palestinian prisoners had been transferred to the prison as part of an international agreement, ending an Israeli siege on former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah that began on May 1, 2002.

Among the group are five Palestinian militants Israel says were involved in the killing of Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi. One of the five is Ahmed Saadat, who Israel says is head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which ordered the killing of Ze'evi.

In a telephone interview from the prison, Saadat said he would not surrender to the Israelis. "They have to come in, and maybe they will take us alive or dead. We will not surrender," Saadat told Al-Jazeera by telephone from the prison. Saadat told the Arabic-language TV network he and his group are armed.

(Posted 9:54 a.m.)

Baghdad body count up to 86 since Monday morning

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Looking at a mounting toll in Baghdad, Iraqi Emergency Police reported 86 bodies found in the capital during a 30-hour period ending at midday Tuesday.

Fifteen bodies were found in the back of a Kia pickup truck in western Baghdad Tuesday morning, police said. According to authorities, the victims, all males between the ages of 25 and 40, had been strangled.

Police also found two bodies in southern Baghdad that had been shot and another 29 bodies were found in a shallow grave on the eastern side of the capital in the Kamaliya neighborhood with their hands tied behind their backs and bullets through their heads.

Police counted the recovery of 40 bodies during the 24 hours that ended at 6 a.m. Tuesday. And 50 bodies were found in the capital on Sunday -- bringing the three-day total to more than 130.

Also Tuesday, a roadside bomb detonated near a primary school on the main road in Khan bani Sa'ed in Diyala province, 20 km south of Baquba, killing one civilian and wounding seven, according to a spokesman with Diyala provincial Joint Coordination Center. (Posted 8:46 a.m.)

Iraqi MOI announces vehicle curfew to cover convening of parliament

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Iraq's Interior Ministry announced Tuesday it would impose a ban on vehicle movement in Baghdad from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 4 p.m. Thursday, a time period that covers the convening of the new parliament's first session. (Posted 7:49 a.m.)

Warrant dropped for Milosevic's widow

BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro (CNN) -- A Belgrade court Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for the widow of former Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic, clearing the way for her to travel to Serbia for his funeral if it is held there.

But the court ordered that authorities confiscate Mirjana Markovic's passport upon her arrival in the country to ensure that she appear to answer a fraud charge after the funeral.

The Milosevic family also posted $18,000 bond to guarantee that she attend a March 23 hearing. Markovic currently lives in Russia. -- From CNN's Alessio Vinci (Posted 6:56 a.m.)

South Korean prime minister offers to resign

SEOUL (CNN) -- South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan offered his resignation Tuesday in the midst of a political scandal, the president's office said.

President Roh Moo-hyun has not indicated whether he'll accept Lee's resignation. (posted 2:13 a.m.)

Former Estonian president dies

(CNN) -- Former Estonian President Lennart Meri died early Tuesday after a long illness, a statement from the presidential office said.

"The office of the president of the Republic announces with deep sorrow that Lennart-Georg Meri, president of the Republic in the years 1992-2001, died last night in Tallinn," the statement said.

"The president of the republic and the Office of the President express deep condolences to the family and relatives of President Meri." (posted 2:10 a.m.)

Wildfires scorch 697,000 Texas acres; at least 11 deaths

(CNN) -- Extensive wildfires have destroyed nearly 700,000 acres of Texas grasslands and continue to spread, the Texas Forestry Service said late Monday.

At least 11 deaths have been blamed on the fires in the state's northeastern panhandle. Four of those people died in a traffic accident Sunday while trying to flee a fast-moving blaze.

Four others were found dead in a car Monday evening after running off a road and into a ravine.

"At this time Roberts County Sheriff's Office and DPS (Texas Dept. of Public Safety) authorities are investigating to determine the cause of the accident as well as the identity of the bodies," said a statement form Texas State Trooper Daniel Hawthorne.

"The information obtained at this time suggests that these individuals died as a result of the large grass fire in Roberts County." (posted 12:55 a.m.)

CNN.com gives you the latest stories and video from the around the world, with in-depth coverage of U.S. news, politics, entertainment, health, crime, tech and more.

CNN.com gives you the latest stories and video from the around the world, with in-depth coverage of U.S. news, politics, entertainment, health, crime, tech and more.