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Doctors are gradually bringing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel out of a medically induced coma following the massive stroke he suffered last Wednesday. Doctors report Sharon is able to move his right hand and right leg, but they say it is still too early to assess damage to his brain.

After his 22-year-old son Lucas died during a whitewater kayaking trip, Gil Turner took a closer look at one important piece of gear: the helmet. Turner partnered with engineering students to build a better helmet -- and change industry standards in the process.

The Supreme Court hears arguments on an Oregon state law allowing physician-assisted suicide. The high court will decide whether the Justice Department has the authority to override state laws regulating the prescription of drugs and the practices of doctors.

In October 2003, Mark Etherington became governor of the Shiite-majority Wasit Province in Iraq. Six months later, Etherington, isolated from the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, was forced to flee his headquarters in al-Kut, the province's capital. His new book is Revolt on the Tigris.

Celebrated novelist JT Leroy, known for gritty novels that drew on his life as a prostitute and drug addict, doesn't really exist. Madeleine Brand talks about the hoax with literary critic Stephen Beachy, who wrote about Leroy for New York magazine last October. They also discuss new allegations that A Million Little Pieces, the best-selling memoir by James Frey, is a fraud.

Iran resumes operations at a key nuclear plant, ending two years of inactivity. The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Iran intended to undertake work on uranium enrichment, which could produce fuel for nuclear weapons. The move sparked sharp criticism from the United States and Europe.

A year after a rain-soaked hillside collapsed and killed 10 people in the Southern California oceanside community of La Conchita, plenty of people are ready to buy homes there. And many residents who survived the deadly incident have stayed in their homes despite the looming danger of another major mudslide.

Most of Hurricane Katrina's vital statistics are well known: 1,000 people dead, a million displaced. Hundreds of thousands of homes damaged. And in Louisiana alone, 55 million cubic yards of debris... enough to fill the Superdome 11 times.

In a videoconference with U.S. troops in Tikrit, President Bush renews his vow to stay in Iraq as long as it takes for democracy take root there. The White House also continued its defense of Harriet Miers as the president's choice to serve on the Supreme Court.

The Iraqi parliament backs a last-minute deal meant to reassure Sunni Arabs and gain their support for the draft constitution ahead of Saturday's nationwide vote on the document. Kurd, Shiite and Sunni leaders hailed the news as evidence that different groups can work together in Iraq.