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Astronaut Stephen Robinson pulled out two pieces of filler material that were protruding from Space Shuttle Discovery's belly. Robinson was tethered to a boom arm to reach the underside of the craft.

Steve Inskeep talks to Gerald Steinberg, professor of political studies at Bar Ilan University, about the future of Israeli politics as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lies ill after a stroke in Jerusalem. Steinberg says Sharon was a major political figure, and there are no other national names to take his place.

The formerly homeless residents of Emmaus House in Harlem recently buried their spiritual leader, the Rev. David Kirk. Kirk, who died at age 72 last month, believed in empowering the poor to serve the poor.

The House votes in favor of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Thursday's early morning vote is a victory for the Bush administration. House Republicans had trouble keeping rank-and-file members from defecting as many Democrats opposed the accord.

Nine people have reportedly been killed in Nepal in the run-up to Wednesday's elections. The elections, the first in seven years, are for relatively minor municipal jobs. But they've become the focus of a worsening standoff between the embattled king and mainstream political parties and Maoist insurgents.

President Bush vows in his State of the Union speech to increase funding to develop coal-fired power plants that produce no polluting emissions. But the federal government is currently undermining efforts by states to require power companies to use an existing "green" technology that's already available.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the Clinton administration has backed itself into a corner with its objection (born of the presidential campaign) to the reelection of Boutros Boutros-Ghali as Secretary General of the United Nations.

Floridians return to their homes on the northern Gulf Coast to survey the wreckage of Hurricane Dennis. Five people were killed in Florida and Georgia. The storm caused more than $2 billion in insured damage. Forecasters say Dennis, which is now a tropical depression, can still generate flooding and tornadoes.

On Sept. 22, 1906, thousands of whites in Atlanta joined together downtown and began attacking and killing the city's blacks. Dozens were murdered in violence that continued for four days. But the riot hasn't been commemorated or taught in schools — until now.

When two prominent American professors published their research on the U.S. relationship with Israel, their conclusions set off a firestorm of debate.

Pennsylvania's Sen. Rick Santorum has long been considered to be the Senate's most endangered Republican. But polls show him closing the gap with Democratic candidate Bob Casey Jr. Political onlookers are wondering whether the turnabout is a case of Santorum gaining -- or Casey faltering.

In the '50s, a group of Montgomery, Ala., women baked goods to help fund the Montgomery bus boycott. Known as The Club from Nowhere, the group was led by Georgia Gilmore.