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The New York City Health Board holds a public hearing on its plan to ban anything more than tiny amounts of trans fats at the city's 20,000 restaurants. New York would become the first large American city to strictly limit trans fats, although Chicago is considering a smaller plan. The final New York board vote is in December.

Red Auerbach, who died over the weekend, both personified and transcended the sport of basketball. Author and commentator John Feinstein reflects on the life of the man who created the Boston Celtics and transformed his sport.

President Bush visited Montana Thursday to help Sen. Conrad Burns' bid for a fourth term. Burns has been trailing his Democratic opponent, Jon Tester, mostly due to fallout from contributions Burns received from convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. But the race is tightening; many see it as going down to the wire.

Voters in Brazil head to the polls in a runoff vote for president. Incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a huge lead in opinion polls over his centrist rival, Geraldo Alckmin.

Signs of possible voting trouble are popping up ahead of midterm elections. The reports range from hackers getting into an official registration database to ballots being printed incorrectly.

There is considerable disagreement over whether the United States is currently engaged in a war. The phrase 'war on terror' is used almost daily, but the definition of what a war is has changed from previous conflicts.

Presidential adviser Karl Rove, an architect of Republican political strategy, says he's confident his party will hold both chambers of Congress. He says that despite public polls that show Democrats have a strong chance of winning. Why is Rove publicly confident?

Republican campaign strategist Karl Rove expressed confidence about Republican victory in Tuesday's elections, but he's been laying low since the results proved him wrong.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) talks with Alex Chadwick about the Democratic Party's big win in the 2006 midterm elections, and how Republicans will deal with their legislative rivals now that they will be the minority party after 12 years of congressional GOP rule.

Adjustable-rate mortgages, ARMs for short, have been a popular way for people to buy a home. The loans will adjust to higher rates in the next two years, and that has many experts making dire predictions about the housing markets.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has resigned, and his replacement will be Robert Gates, a former director of the CIA and a well-known figure in the nation's capital.

President Bush announces that he will nominate former CIA director Robert Gates to replace outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Mary Louise Kelly, NPR's intelligence correspondent, talks with Neal Conan about Gates.

In recent elections, political analysts have said the GOP has better campaign tactics. But the Democratic upset Tuesday challenged that so-called conventional wisdom about the kind of strategies that win elections. Have Democrats outsmarted Karl Rove?

Melissa Block talks with Ken Pollack, senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Pollack worked with Robert Gates at the CIA and NSC, and will talk with us about what kind of Secretary of Defense he may make.

President Bush announces the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld at a White House news conference. In a later media session, Bush and Rumsfeld shared a podium with Rumsfeld's successor, former CIA chief Robert Gates. Melissa Block talks with NPR's John Hendren.

An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced former president Saddam Hussein to death for crimes against humanity. The reaction to Saddam's sentencing reveals just how divided Iraq has become.

Daniel Ortega appears to be headed for victory in Nicaragua's presidential elections, as partial election results show the former revolutionary holding a substantial lead over his rivals. With returns in from nearly 50 percent of polling stations, the Sandinista Party candidate has just over 40 percent of the vote.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigns as Republicans reel from a devastating Democratic win in Tuesday's congressional and gubernatorial elections.

Former president Jimmy Carter is monitoring Nicaragua's presidential elections. This is President Carter's fourth time monitoring Nicaraguan elections with the Carter Center. He talks with host Debbie Elliott about how the elections -- and Ortega himself -- look different this time around.

Folk artist Mose Tolliver's subjects were nature, people and animals. His medium was house paint. His canvasses were cabinet doors and discarded table tops. His paintings put him at the forefront of the Outsider Art movement.

Ed Bradley, one of journalism's best-known broadcasters, died Thursday in New York. He was 65 and was suffering from leukemia. Nightline correspondent Vicky Mabrey remembers the life and career of Bradley, a correspondent for CBS' 60 minutes since 1981.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announces his resignation a day after Republicans took it on the chin in congressional elections. Don Gonyea talks with Alex Chadwick and Madeleine Brand about how the resignation will impact the remainder of President Bush's second term and the 2008 elections.

Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants were sentenced Sunday to death by hanging for their role in the deaths of 148 villagers from the town of Dujail, where torture and executions followed a failed assassination attempt on Saddam in 1982.

Coming quickly on the heels of a sweeping Democratic victory in the midterm vote, President Bush says Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will resign, and former CIA chief Robert Gates will take over as Pentagon chief pending Senate confirmation hearings.

Legendary CBS journalist Ed Bradley has died of leukemia. The 65-year-old correspondent had been reporting for CBS since 1967, and was a key member of the 60 Minutes reporting team up until just before his death.