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Confusion surrounds reports that Sunni militants have taken more than 100 Shiite hostages in Madaen, south of Baghdad. Searches by Iraqi forces found no evidence of kidnappings. The kidnapping reports -- carried on Iraqi television -- highlight how quickly rumors spread in a country plagued by daily violence and sectarian tensions.

Foreign ministers and officials from the World Bank and IMF fail to reach an agreement on debt relief. But outgoing World Bank President James Wolfensohn is hopeful that ministers laid the groundwork for a future breakthrough during a series of meetings in Washington this weekend.

John Kerry says he would make America's military stronger if he were president. The Democratic nominee, speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, criticized President Bush's proposed reductions in U.S. troop levels abroad. NPR's Juan Williams reports.

Family members of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks express concerns that the commission studying U.S. intelligence before Sept. 11, 2001, won't answer vital questions in its final report, due this week. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

The complex immigration bill that a bipartisan group of Senate negotiators has agreed to with the White House will be debated by the full Senate starting Monday. It faces many hurdles, especially in the House.

The New York Times reported Sunday that the Bush administration has spent $100 million over the last six years to help secure Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.

In softcover nonfiction, Michael Hainey searches for clues about his father's death, anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon examines the heated response to his research and catcher Mike Piazza recounts his unlikely rise to the big leagues. In softcover fiction, D.A. Mishani tells of a detective who confronts an unexpectedly difficult case.

In paperback this week, Mary Beth Keane writes with the voice of Mary Mallon, Christopher Clark looks the years leading up to the Great War and Tracy Thompson explores what it means to be Southern.

Okapis are related to giraffes, but have much shorter necks. There are only an estimated 15,000 in the world.

A comprehensive new poll from the Harvard Institute of Politics dives into the politics of the nation's 18- to 29-year-olds. The poll also looked at support for Bernie Sanders and immigration.