National and International News-Wednesday, Dec. 27th

WASHINGTON (AP) - Funeral arrangements are to be announced sometime today for former President Gerald Ford, who died last night in Rancho Mirage, California. It's expected there will be events in California and Washington, with burial at the Ford presidential museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

UNDATED (AP) - Vice President Cheney is remembering his former boss, President Gerald Ford. A former chief of staff, Cheney praised Ford for giving the country the "strength, wisdom and good judgment" it needed as it recovered from what he called "the greatest constitutional crisis since the Civil War.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gerald Ford had offers to play pro football but opted to study law instead and later became president. Ford played championship football at the University of Michigan. The late former president got his political start as a volunteer in the 1940 presidential campaign, then was elected to Congress in 1948.

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel says it will renew pinpoint attacks against Palestinian rocket launchers, after rockets fired from Gaza injured two Israelis. But the prime minister's office says Israel will otherwise abide by a month-old truce in Gaza.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's parliament is urging the government to "revise" its ties with the U-N nuclear agency, after the Security Council voted to impose limited sanctions. But lawmakers stopped short of recommending that Iran sever relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency over Tehran's nuclear program.