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The Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial continues with testimony from the families of World Trade Center attack victims. The prosecutors also presented evidence of suffering from the Pentagon attack. The government is trying to convince the jury to vote for the death penalty for Moussaoui.

This Monday, millions of immigrants nationwide are expected to skip work and school in what's being billed as the Great American National Boycott. Several cities already are bracing for mass demonstrations and a shutdown of major business operations.

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling disputes allegations that he approved moving part of an Enron division into a more profitable one to hide $200 million in losses. Wednesday marked Skilling's seventh day of testimony in his fraud and conspiracy trial, and his third day of cross-examination.

Italians vote Sunday and Monday in what is seen as a referendum on the conservative government of their prime minister, the media tycoon-turned-politican Silvio Berlusconi. Berlusconi's rival, Romano Prodi, of the center-left coalition, is leading in the polls.

A new wave of car bombings in Baghdad leaves dozens dead and wounded. Prime Minister Jawad al-Maliki begins efforts to form a national unity government.

Tarmiyah, a town once remarkable for its heavy insurgent activity, has become a haven for Sunnis fleeing sectarian violence in Baghdad. More than a thousand families have moved there since the Samarrah bombing. The military controls all entrances and exits to the farming town, on the banks of the Tigris.

Gas prices are soaring across the country, but particularly in California. Fuel in the San Francisco Bay Area has topped $3, though the hike has not caused an attendant spike in public transportation ridership.

A sharp drop in share prices sent Wall Street to its worst week since last August. Joel Naroff, chief economist for Commerce Bank, tells Jennifer Ludden the decline has been under way for months, and in part reflects investors' concerns about high oil prices.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates predicts that with fewer students in math and science and a lack of national funding, the United States is destined to fall behind other countries in innovation. The fierce competition to keep up with technological changes has led Microsoft to expand research offices in China and India.

Under intense international pressure, Syrian President Bashar Assad has allowed some reforms to loosen the hold of the police state he inherited from his father. But change isn't happening fast enough for the Bush administration and Syrian reformers, who fear a government crackdown if the political climate shifts.