National and International News-Friday, Dec. 22nd

DENVER (AP) - "We can't go home; the highway's closed. We can't get to the car; it's 10 miles away. And the hotels are not cheap." That lament from a woman stuck at Denver's airport sums up the plight of many still stranded by a major snowstorm. The airport is expected to reopen today for the first time since Wednesday morning.

BEIJING (AP) - The first disarmament talks since North Korea tested a nuclear device have ended without any agreement. Delegates from the U-S, North Korea and four other countries met for five days in Beijing. No further talks are scheduled at this time.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Saying California's prison system is "out of control," Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing a series of reforms. They include a major building program and changes in the parole system.

WHITE HOUSE (AP) - President Bush will visit wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Hospital today before heading to Camp David for Christmas. Visiting the troops and awarding Purple Hearts has been a holiday tradition for the president since the Iraq War began in 2003.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The engineer is getting the blame for a deadly train derailment in Chicago in 2005. The National Transportation Safety Board says he didn't pay attention to the signals and was going too fast. Two people died and nearly 120 others were hurt.