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During the opening day of the Enron fraud and conspiracy trial, federal prosecutors present their case against former executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Defense lawyers also give their opening statements. The energy giant collapsed in 2001 -- the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history at the time.

After an evacuation to Mississippi and Baton Rouge, commentator Chris Rose finally found his way back to New Orleans this week. He describes a bittersweet homecoming to a city that will forever be altered.

Thousands of hurricane victims who wanted to leave New Orleans remained stranded in squalid conditions until this afternoon, when buses evacuated most of those remaining at the Convention Center. Security in the city seems to be improving, though the city is not really safe.

The evacuation of the Superdome is temporarily suspended when shots are fired at a military helicopter. Meanwhile, the first buses carrying hurricane refugees from New Orleans have arrived at the Houston Astrodome.

Melissa Block reports from Gulfport, Miss., on the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and on the efforts to help those whose homes have been destroyed.

Ahmir Thompson, aka Questlove, is the drummer for the Grammy-winning hip-hop group The Roots. The sextet melds musical styles: rock 'n' roll, jazz fusion, funk, poetry, shout-outs to hip-hop pioneers, black nationalism and groove-laden neo-soul musings. (This interview originally aired Feb. 6, 2003.)

Renee Montagne talks to Joshua Dimina, an international refugee from the Republic of Congo that Morning Edition profiled last December. Dimina has learned that his family is safe and continues working towards his goal of practicing medicine in the U.S.

The volatile Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo has been on the front line of a vicious gang war. The newly appointed police chief, whose job it is to clean up the mess -- including corruption inside the police force itself -- is a former highway patrolman with an unorthodox approach.

Debbie Elliott has an update on the "Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio." Terry Ryan's memoir about her mother was made into a movie that got lost in the Hollywood shuffle. A small theater in Missouri has rescued the film from oblivion.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to London amid a flurry of diplomatic activity over Iran's nuclear program. The U.S. and key European nations want to bring Iran before the United Nations Security Council, and they will be trying to convince Russian and Chinese officials to agree on that step.