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Last winter, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory began a Web log, or blog, for employees to post concerns and complaints about fixing problems at the government nuclear facility. But now, some members of Congress who've seen the blog see it as a reason to shut Los Alamos down.

As U.S. officials announce they've held secret talks with North Korean officials, the world continues to work toward defusing the North Korean nuclear threat. But China shows few signs of stepping up economic sanctions on Pyongyang, fearing sanctions could send a wave of refugees across its border.

The word filibuster goes back to a Dutch word for "freebooter," someone who took booty or loot. It came to mean a legislator who was "pirating" parliamentary proceedings.

This week Newsweek Magazine retracted a report saying a copy of the Quran had been flushed down a toilet during a prisoner interrogation at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The protests that followed the report were a sign of the power of the communications revolution that has taken place in the Islamic world.

The Central America Free Trade Agreement is as controversial in other countries as it has in the United States. For Honduras and other relatively poor countries, the consequences of free trade with the world's largest economy could be enormous.

Michele Norris talks with Professor Jack Pitney about the campaign promises made by Los Angeles mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa, and the challenges he will face trying to fulfill them when he takes office. Pitney is a professor of government at Claremont-McKenna College in California and is the author of The Art of Political Warfare.

Frankie Andreu, a nine-time Tour de France participant, is providing commentary on this year's race for the Outdoor Life Network. He looks on as Lance Armstrong sails toward his seventh consecutive Tour victory.

A poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life concludes that 55 percent of Americans have favorable opinions of Muslim-Americans. The survey also finds a decreasing number of Americans who think Islam is a violent religion.

Edward Bunker died Tuesday at age 71 of complications from diabetes. He went to San Quentin prison at age 17 and was their youngest inmate. While incarcerated, Bunker wrote the crime fiction classic No Beast So Fierce. He also acted in more than 20 films, including Reservoir Dogs. This story was originally broadcast on July 12, 1993.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews Over There, the new Stephen Bochco series about a U.S. Army unit arriving in Iraq for its first tour of duty. It premieres Wednesday night on the FX network.