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The Sept. 11 commission finds "no credible evidence" that Iraq was involved in the 2001 terrorist attacks, although al Qaeda did approach Saddam Hussein about a collaboration. Members of the Bush administration have insisted that Hussein had ties to Osama bin Laden. The panel is holding its final two days of hearings in Washington. Hear NPR's Ron Elving.

Lawyers representing Saddam Hussein in his upcoming trial argue their client can't be tried for offenses committed while he was president, because Iraq's constitution at the time granted him immunity. Saddam's legal team is currently based in Jordan. An Iraqi militant group has threatened to kill any lawyer representing the former dictator. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Deborah Amos.

SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded rocket ship to carry a human into space. The craft took off from the Mojave Desert Monday morning, carrying one civilian test pilot. The spaceship appears to have soared 62 miles high -- past the official mile marker for the lower edge of space --though the exact altitude has yet to be confirmed. Hear NPR's David Kestenbaum.

Hurricane Jeanne slams ashore late Saturday night with winds gusting to 120 mph. The fourth hurricane to hit Florida this season plowed across central Florida, punishing an area still recovering from Hurricane Frances. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and NPR's Christopher Joyce.

Residents of Florida's eastern central coast assess damage from Hurricane Jeanne, which is now a tropical storm with winds below 75 mph. The storm is blamed for at least four deaths, and 1 million are without power. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Ari Shapiro.

Insurgents in Iraq unleash one of the heaviest mortar and rocket barrages yet in Baghdad. Dozens were reported dead, including some who were reported killed when a U.S. helicopter fired on a disabled U.S. Bradley fighting vehicle as Iraqis celebrated around it. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Former weapons-inspection chief David Kay briefs the Senate Armed Services Committee on what he called the fruitless efforts to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In that session, Kay agreed with Sen. John McCain that an inquiry should be held into intelligence on Iraqi weapons. Kay says the search for weapons should continue, but it might not succeed. NPR's David Welna reports.

President Bush reasserts claims that Saddam Hussein posed a grave and imminent threat to the United States and other nations. Bush's remarks follow recent statements from the former chief weapons inspector in Iraq, David Kay, that no weapons stockpiles have been found or are likely to be found in the country. Kay's comments have renewed scrutiny of pre-war intelligence. Hear NPR's Mike Shuster.

Charles Duelfer, who replaced David Kay as the CIA's chief weapons inspector in Iraq, reports his team has found "dual-use facilities and ongoing research" that could produce biological or chemical agents, but no weapons stockpiles. In reporting to Congress, Duelfer described the difficulty of getting Iraqi scientists to discuss their work. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

In a 60 Minutes interview, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice says she would love to testify before the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, but doing so would compromise the constitutional powers of the executive branch. Rice has been under pressure to answer under oath a former counter-terrorism official's charges that the Bush administration ignored the al Qaeda threat. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.