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The new government in Iraq puts tens of thousands of members of the security forces on the streets in a bid to restore security outside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone. The move follows President Bush's surprise visit Tuesday.

A federal judge in Florida refuses to order that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be reinserted. Attorneys for Schiavo's parents have taken the case to an appeals court in Atlanta.

As the U.S. Supreme Court reviews challenges to the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies, law students at the Ann Arbor campus follow the debate with mixed reactions. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

At the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., soldiers who lost limbs in Iraq are being fitted with prosthethic devices, and are learning again how to walk, to write, and to deal with lingering pain. NPR's John Ydstie reports.

Confirmation hearings begin Monday for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, with opening statements from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and from Judge Alito. Democrats are signaling the hearings to follow will be contentious.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered his third State of the State address Thursday night. Schwarzenegger, who has suffered a drop in the polls and whose initiatives were defeated in a special election last November, struck a conciliatory tone.

Amid new and often confusing revelations about painkillers currently on the market, the Food and Drug Administration issues an interim advisory while it compares data on pain relievers. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas for the first time in four months. The two leaders will discuss, among other things, the Israeli pullout from Gaza in August.

A fire has destroyed the landmark Pilgrim Baptist Church on Chicago's South Side. Built in 1890, the church became a catalyst for the popularity of gospel music in the 1930s under choir director Thomas Dorsey.

Ibrahim Rugova, the president of Kosovo, dies of lung cancer at 61. He was long identified with ethnic Albanians' struggle for independence from Serbia. John Ydstie speaks with Tina Raja of the Associated Press about the Balkan leader.