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President Bush defends his decision to invade Iraq despite a U.S. weapons inspector's report that the country had no illicit weapons. His rival, Sen. John Kerry, said the president refuses "to face the truth." Hear NPR's Robert Siegel, NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Scott Horsley.

Aid workers struggle to help millions of survivors of the tsunami that swept across South Asia two weeks ago. Pneumonia has emerged as a major threat in the aftermath of massive flooding that made drinking water scarce. In Banda Aceh, many schools will reopen Monday. Hear NPR's Adam Davidson in Banda Aceh.

Military jurors sentence Army Spc. Charles Graner to 10 years in prison for his role in abuse of inmates at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. He was convicted Friday of multiple counts of abuse. Graner testifed Saturday that he was ordered to "soften up" detainees for interrogators. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Jackie Northam.

President Bush heads to Brussels to begin attempts to repair trans-Atlantic relations, severely damaged by divisions over the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The first international trip of Bush's second term will include meetings with French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Hunter S. Thompson, the legendary and eccentric inventor of "gonzo journalism," was found dead Sunday in his home near Aspen, Colo. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 67.

The FBI says 16-year-old Jeffrey Weise acted alone and apparently at random in killing nine people and himself on a Minnesota Indian reservation Monday. The shootings are the deadliest school violence since 1999. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson.

Time Warner Inc. has agreed to pay $300 million to settle charges that it inflated revenues at AOL to make its books look better. The media giant announced last December that it would pay $210 million to settle criminal charges. The company also faces more than 40 shareholder lawsuits.

For the men, women and families of Fort Carson, Colo., Sunday's attack on a Chinook helicopter in Iraq was the worst combat loss since the Vietnam War. The army base has lost 21 soldiers during U.S. operations in Iraq. One soldier killed in Sunday's attack, Sgt. Ernie Bucklaw, was headed home for his mother's funeral. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

On Oct. 9, the U.S. Treasury department will roll out new $20 bills featuring new coloring and other background alterations designed to thwart counterfeiters. NPR's Jack Speer reports. See a photo of the new $20 bill.

Aquila al-Hashimi, a member of Iraq's interim governing council, dies in a U.S. military hospital in Baghdad of wounds sustained in an assassination attempt five days ago. Her death caps a day of violence, including a fatal explosion outside the hotel housing the staff of NBC News in Baghdad, and an ambush on a U.S. convoy in northern Iraq. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.