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New Orleans' official blueprint for redevelopment, authored by a city commission and set for release Wednesday, will recommend that residents be allowed to return and rebuild anywhere they like, no matter how damaged or vulnerable. The plan puts the city on a collision course with the state.

What was really behind Friday's abrupt departure of CIA Director Porter Goss? Walter Pincus of The Washington Post tells Howard Berkes that the housecleaning at the CIA went beyond what President Bush wanted.

Palestinians voted a new party into power last. Hamas, labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S., now holds a majority of seats in parliament. The abrupt reversal has created new turmoil in the Middle East.

A survey in southern Florida finds that you don't always get the fish you ordered at seafood restaurants. Less tasty, cheaper fish may well be masquerading as the dinner you thought you were getting.

Nominations for Academy Awards are announced in Los Angeles. Brokeback Mountain and Munich were among the best picture nominees, while the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line was shut out. Critic Kenneth Turan discusses the nominations with John Ydstie.

Kenneth Lay, former chairman of the Enron Corp., takes the witness stand to declare his innocence of the fraud and conspiracy charges leveled against him. Lay faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in jail if convicted.

In a bid to rally support for the Iraq war, President Bush addresses the nation during a visit to Fort Bragg, N.C. Speaking in a hall filled with soldiers, the president said he won't send more troops to Iraq, but he also declined to set a timetable for withdrawal.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visited Sharm el-Sheik Saturday, hours after blasts targeted hotels and a market at the resort. Mubarak said his government would hunt down those responsible. There are signs a crackdown by security forces is already underway.

Hezbollah calls for rallies in Beirut's Martyrs' Square to counter weeks of anti-Syrian protests in Lebanon. The militant Shiite Muslim group supports Syria's continued presence in Lebanon. Syria began Monday to pull its military back to the Bekaa Valley, which abuts the Syrian border.

Confusion surrounds reports that Sunni militants have taken more than 100 Shiite hostages in Madaen, south of Baghdad. Searches by Iraqi forces found no evidence of kidnappings. The kidnapping reports -- carried on Iraqi television -- highlight how quickly rumors spread in a country plagued by daily violence and sectarian tensions.