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Over the weekend, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw paid a surprise visit to Baghdad, where they urged Iraq's political leaders to form a government. Sunday, Jill Carroll flew home to her family in Boston, left, after three months of captivity in Iraq.

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.

DNA tests from members of the Duke University lacrosse team accused of rape are negative, say the players' defense lawyers. Last month, a woman said several players raped her at a party where she was to perform as an exotic dancer. The district attorney has refused to release or comment on the DNA tests.

Prosecutors in the federal trial of Hamid Hayat, accused of having ties to al-Qaida, rest their case without offering direct evidence that Hayat attended a Jihadist training camp in Pakistan. Hayat, 23, is on trial in Sacramento, Calif. His father is charged with lying about Hayat's activities.

President Bush temporarily suspends environmental rules on gasoline that have been blamed for a recent spike in gas prices. The change may make it easier for refiners to meet demand -- and possibly lower prices.

President Jalal Talabani says the bodies of more than 50 people have been hauled out of the Tigris River, and a provincial governor says more than 15 Iraqi Guardsmen have been discovered shot dead in a soccer stadium.

This clever medley superimposes one of Duke Ellington's sacred works over a Led Zeppelin classic.

NPR Music's panel of public-radio experts can't turn off new songs by Khruangbin, Carla Morrison, Martin Courtney and more.

This week on Alt.Latino: a survey of the soft and airy, from Cuban remixes to fluffy Mexican pop.

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