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Three scientists win this year's Nobel Prize for physics for their work with superfluids and superconductivity. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cites Alexei Abrikosov, Anthony Leggett and Vitaly Ginzburg for their theories. Hear NPR's David Kestenbaum.

After several days of relative calm, violence erupts in Iraq. Two separate attacks leave three U.S. soldiers dead and at least two others wounded. In Baghdad, an Iraqi government building comes under attack. Elsewhere in the capital, hundreds of jobless demonstrators pelt American soldiers with rocks. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

As actor Arnold Schwarzenegger denies a new flurry of allegations about past sexual misconduct, a poll shows 54 percent of the population still supports the recall of California Gov. Gray Davis. Voters will decide Davis's fate -- and select a potential successor -- on Tuesday. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Richard Gonzales.

U.S. forces raid three homes near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, detaining several Iraqis. Six months after the end of major combat in Iraq, progress in rebuilding the country is offset by continued disenchantment with American occupying forces. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

Demonstrators gathered in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., Saturday to protest U.S. military operations in Iraq. The protesters demanded that U.S. troops be returned home immediately, although some acknowledged that their request may not be practical. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian administrator in Iraq, says American forces will seek to hasten the pace of handing security duties to Iraqis. Civil defense recruits are being trained in the Sunni Triangle, the region most hostile to the U.S. presence. NPR's Jacki Lyden reports.

The New York Times reports that the Iraqi regime tried to make a deal with Washington to avert a war. The overture, which came a few weeks before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, reportedly included a pledge that Iraq no longer had any weapons of mass destruction. Hear James Risen, the author of the Times report.

A report by an independent law firm and a bankruptcy court review by former U.S. attorney general Richard Thornburgh tie ex-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, other executives and auditors to the firm's accounting scandal and a stock collapse that cost investors an estimated $180 billion. Hear NPR's Jack Speer.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warns a House panel that the rising cost of natural gas could weaken the U.S. economy. Greenspan says more imports may be necessary in the short term to offset the trend toward higher prices. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

The Senate Judiciary Committee considers the nomination of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Pryor has been criticized for his anti-abortion stance, support of laws criminalizing homosexual conduct and opposition to laws aimed at protecting physical access for the disabled to public buildings. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.