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Handcuffed and under Iraqi guard, Saddam Hussein is charged with war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity before an Iraqi court. Saddam questioned the court's jurisdiction and refused to sign the charge list. Earlier, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez relinquished leadership of the multinational force in Iraq to Gen. George Casey. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Philip Reeves.

In the worst violence since Iraq's new government took over two weeks ago, a car bomb was detonated at the entrance to the interim governments offices, killing 10 and wounding 40. Soon after, insurgents ambushed the governor of Mosul's convoy, killing the governor and two bodyguards. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Though Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld recently said the situation in Iraq is calming down, insurgents continue to attack government officials, the country's infrastructure and its new security forces in particular. Some 890 U.S. troops have died in Iraq since March 2003. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Bovino led the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.

Author Alissa Quart says the idea of the self-made person is fiction.

According to NASA, this trip will serve as the foundation for its next ambitious mission: send astronauts to Mars.

We're not tipping our hats and using "mister" and "missus" quite like we used to.

The two lions of jazz played music together and practiced Buddhism together for more than half a century.

Microsoft has plenty of reasons to want to acquire online giant Yahoo — 80 billion reasons, in fact. Online ad revenues are expected to double by 2010, reaching $80 billion, and Microsoft is eager to get into the game — if for no other reason than to slow rival Google's historic growth.

A small but growing faction of the anti-abortion movement is calling for patients to be criminally punished. It's gaining traction in states such as Kansas.