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Samuel L. Jackson stars as a cop working a carjacking case in a new movie called Freedomland. Jackson's character is at the center of the tension in the racially charged crime drama. He talks with Michele Norris about race, tough-guy roles and his long, varied film career.

The Democratic base -- the blogosphere and liberal activists -- want President Bush censured. The Democrats in the Senate, except for two co-sponsors of Russell Feingold's censure resolution, are running from it.

Facing mounting losses, General Motors has offered buyouts to its union employees in the United States. Now GM workers must decide whether to take company buyouts or stay on, betting that the automaker can recover and avoid bankruptcy.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, 58, faces 11 counts of war crimes at a U.N.-backed tribunal hearing crimes associated with Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war. Charges against Taylor include mutilations and sexual slavery.

Sudan's government and rebel groups are extending peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria. Rebels have rejected draft peace agreements concerning Sudan's Darfur region, but agreed to continue negotiating with the government under pressure from the United States.

Immigrant groups hope to pull off one of the biggest protests in decades. Boycotts and rallies are scheduled in support of, and against, immigrant rights. Reporters and callers talk about what they're seeing around the country.

To boycott or not to boycott? That's the question in the Latin community as Monday approaches. As Rob Schmitz of member station KQED reports, many are trying to discourage this particular form of protest.

In Houston, federal prosecutors and former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay continue to spar on the final day of Lay's testimony. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Houston accused Lay of ignoring concerns about the company's accounting. He also pressed Lay for details on $70 million he made selling his own Enron stock.

Last week, Arthur Winston reached two milestones. He turned 100 years old. And he retired from the job he held for more than 70 years. Winston had been maintaining buses at the L.A. Metropolitan Transit Authority. Asked why he stuck with the work, Winston's answer starts simply: "Well, I like my job."

FEMA and Congress are trying to figure out what to do with more than 10,000 mobile homes hastily stockpiled in Hope, Ark., after Hurricane Katrina. Federal regulations forbid them from being placed in a floodplain, so few were ever sent to the Gulf Coast. A move is on to change the law.

French president Jacques Chirac tells the nation that he will sign a controversial new youths-job law, but that the time period in which an employee younger than 26 could be fired would be reduced to one year. Also an employer would be obligated to give a reason for any dismissal.

The Supreme Court rules that one-time stripper and Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith can pursue part of her late husband's oil fortune. Justices gave new legal life to Smith's bid to collect millions of dollars from the estate of J. Howard Marshall II. His estate has been estimated at as much as $1.6 billion.

A New Jersey jury awards more than $4 million to one plaintiff suing Merck, maker of the painkiller Vioxx, which has been linked to heart problems in some patients. Now the jury will hear evidence on whether Merck should face punitive damages. In a separate Vioxx case, the same jury rules against the plaintiff.

Paleontologists announce finding an animal skeleton that may bridge the gap between fish and the first four-legged land animals. The 375-million-year-old creature, with a head like a crocodile's, has a body built for swimming. But its front legs are a compromise between fins and feet.

Mindy Kleinberg's husband, Alan, was a securities trader with Cantor Fitzgerald, working on the 104th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center. Kleinberg has watched some of the Zacarias Moussaoui trial on closed circuit TV, at a satellite courtroom in Newark, N.J., set up for victims' families. Melissa Block talks with Mindy Kleinberg.

Dealing with a potentially fatal cancer is difficult for anyone. Doctors with cancer face a special challenge. They're used to giving medical care, not getting it. Two doctors, Elizabeth McKinley and William Tierney, share what they learned as patients.

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay plans to give up his seat, one week after one of the Texas Republican's top aides pleaded guilty in the corruption investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. In addition to a tough battle for re-election, DeLay is facing corruption charges in Texas.

Since it was invaded three years ago, Iraq has lost more than $10 billion in oil revenues. Corruption and sabotage are largely to blame. And U.S. and Iraqi officials say insurgents are benefiting. But many say the Oil Ministry's own militia is at the heart of the problem.

The Senate sidetracks sweeping immigration legislation after a preliminary vote shows it lacks the support needed to pass intact. Steve Inskeep speaks with Congressional Correspondent David Welna about the setback.

Don't expect a pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq in the near future. An increase in sectarian violence and U.S. dependence on Middle East stability -- largely because of oil-supply concerns -- argue against leaving Iraq.

Ted Shaw, director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, talks about racial balancing and race-based preferences in public education.

With crude-oil prices hovering at or above $70 a barrel, more people are looking for alternative sources of energy. Others are asking how long existing sources will last.

The world's three most notorious terrorists have all released new tapes within the same week. Experts say it's more likely coincidence than a coordinated message. But some security analysts say the messages of Abu Musab Zarqawi, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri could imply more than mere rhetoric.

Supporters of stem-cell research in Missouri have likely turned in enough signatures to place a measure protecting stem-cell research on the ballot. But Sen. Jim Talent (R-MO) has announced he will oppose the measure -- a stance that pro-life groups had long requested.

The Librarian of Congres named Donald Hall the nation's new poet laureate on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the small town of Three Oaks, Mich., has already found one of its own. Not everyone there thinks a poet laureate is necessary for a small town, but others welcome the idea.