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Doctors are gradually bringing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel out of a medically induced coma following the massive stroke he suffered last Wednesday. Doctors report Sharon is able to move his right hand and right leg, but they say it is still too early to assess damage to his brain.

While serving in Iraq, Army National Guardsman Jason Christopher Hartley kept a blog of his experiences — until his commanders forced him to shut it down. Now back from Iraq, Hartley has incorporated his blog into a new memoir.

The Supreme Court hears arguments on an Oregon state law allowing physician-assisted suicide. The high court will decide whether the Justice Department has the authority to override state laws regulating the prescription of drugs and the practices of doctors.

In October 2003, Mark Etherington became governor of the Shiite-majority Wasit Province in Iraq. Six months later, Etherington, isolated from the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, was forced to flee his headquarters in al-Kut, the province's capital. His new book is Revolt on the Tigris.

Steve Inskeep talks to News Analyst Cokie Roberts about President Bush's response to the earthquake in Southeast Asia and the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

Most of Hurricane Katrina's vital statistics are well known: 1,000 people dead, a million displaced. Hundreds of thousands of homes damaged. And in Louisiana alone, 55 million cubic yards of debris... enough to fill the Superdome 11 times.

Pepperdine University's Douglas Kmiec and Jeffrey Rosen of George Washington University Law School and The New Republic continue discussion of Tuesday's proceedings during the confirmation hearings of Judge Samuel Alito.

Iran resumes operations at a key nuclear plant, ending two years of inactivity. The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Iran intended to undertake work on uranium enrichment, which could produce fuel for nuclear weapons. The move sparked sharp criticism from the United States and Europe.

A year after a rain-soaked hillside collapsed and killed 10 people in the Southern California oceanside community of La Conchita, plenty of people are ready to buy homes there. And many residents who survived the deadly incident have stayed in their homes despite the looming danger of another major mudslide.

Israeli soldiers storm two synagogues occupied by protesters as Israel continues with its pullout of settlers from Gaza. Overall, Israeli authorities say, the withdrawal is proceeding ahead of schedule.