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Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday, state television reported.

The Federal Reserve says business and consumer confidence has risen slightly since the war in Iraq, particularly in Kansas City, Dallas, New York and Minneapolis. But it also warns that much of the country is still struggling with "sluggish, subpar or subdued" economic growth. The Fed will use the data from its survey of economic conditions when it sets interest rates in late June. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

Journalist David Brinkley, whose career paralleled much of the evolution of American television news coverage, dies of complications from a fall at age 82. Brinkley first gained fame in the 1960s co-anchoring NBC's evening news program with Chet Huntley; he later hosted ABC's This Week with David Brinkley. Brinkley won 10 Emmys and three Peabodys during his career. Hear NPR's Cokie Roberts.

Retired Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina -- who spent nearly half his life in the U.S. Senate -- is dead at 100, mere months after leaving office. Thurmond was the longest-serving U.S. senator and the oldest man ever to serve in Congress. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

A car bombing outside the Baghdad hotel that houses the United Nations kills the driver and an Iraqi policeman. The attack is near the location of last month's bombing of U.N. offices that killed more than 20 people. The incident follows a weekend of violence in Iraq that left at least three U.S. soldiers dead and a leading member of the country's governing council seriously wounded. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

In Buckhannon, W.Va., two-day hearings begin about the Sago Mine accident that killed 12 people on Jan. 2. Family members of the dead miners gave statements, and company officials presented their take on the accident, as well.

Speaking to the jury who will decide whether to apply the death penalty in his case, Zacarias Moussaoui said, "I wish there would be more pain" for Americans, whom he blames for the suffering of Muslims. The confessed al-Qaida conspirator said he should receive life in prison.

An Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanon town of Qana killed at least 50 people, according to the Lebanese government, including many children. The strike has the potential of changing the playing field, as condemnations from around the world are directed at Israel.

A military panel says it did not find evidence of religious discrimination at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. The task force said cadets and staff do have more to learn about being sensitive to other people's beliefs. The report comes after allegations that Evangelical Christian cadets were given special treatment and encouraged to convert their colleagues. Critics are giving the task force report and recommendations mixed reviews.

As Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry prepares to accept his party's nomination Thursday, Kerry's running mate, Sen. John Edwards, formally becomes the Democrats' entry for vice president.