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Car bombings and mortar attacks kill dozens in a poor Shiite slum in Baghdad. Meanwhile, some of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants take the stand for the first time, and Iraqi political leaders announce plans to open parliament for the first time March 16.

In Baghdad, residents hoard basic supplies and foreign diplomats leave the country in preparation for a possible U.S.-military attack against Iraq. In Qatar, residents have mixed feelings about U.S. troops in the country. Hear reporter Paul Eedle and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Barry Bonds is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative case. Larry Williams, who helped break the BALCO story three years ago, talks about the grand jury indictment.

The Hilliard Police Department says one of its officers has been killed in a motorcycle crash during an on-duty training exercise.Hilliard police say the…

Police say a 16-year-old boy has died after he was shot during a fight involving a group of teenagers in southeast Columbus. Police have identified the…

The special Steubenville grand jury investigating whether other crimes occured surrounding the rape of a 16-year-old girl has issued a second indictment.…

'Tis the season when many people choose to do their charitable giving for the year, and an increasing trend is donor-advised funds. They’re basically…

President Bush holds a news conference at the White House, opening with a call to action on Social Security and touting progress in Iraq. He also announced the nomination of Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank.

The U.N. Security Council votes in favor of a U.S.-sponsored resolution on Iraq. The resolution is aimed at garnering additional troops for peacekeeping duty in Iraq as well as more funds for reconstruction. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Evgeni Plushenko of Russia won the gold medal in men's figure skating. His victory was expected, but the precipitous drop by American Johny Weir was not. Also, a Russian silver medalist in the biathlon tests positive for a banned substance and is kicked out of the Winter Olympics.