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The Pittsburgh Steelers are the champions of the National Football League. Their 21-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks Sunday was the fifth Super Bowl victory for the franchise, but the first in a quarter-century.

Evangelical Christian groups are lobbying members of Congress and the Air Force to make sure their views are represented in new religious tolerance guidelines. Specifically, they want to make sure government-paid military chaplains still have the right to evangelize troops. Opponents are also lobbying. They say paying chaplains to evangelize violates the establishment clause of the Constitution.

Under mounting pressure from U.S. officials, Iraqi politicians are struggling to meet Monday's deadline for drafting a new constitution. Divisive issues remain, including the level of regional autonomy, the role of Islam and the rights of women.

Syria's ruling Baath Party holds a congress where President Bashar al-Assad tells delegates that the priorities facing the country were the economy and fighting corruption. He also told members not to be influenced by international pressures for reform.

The Freedom Tower, which will be built at the World Trade Center site in New York City, is being completely redesigned. Wednesday's announcement follows weeks of criticism over building and security plans. Andrea Bernstein of member station WNYC reports.

At the Cornerstone Family Church in Des Moines, Iowa, a prayer group comes together every Monday to pray for the spiritual health of the nation's politicians. Producer David Miller visited the group to get their impressions of the relationship between faith and politics in the midst of this election season.

As President Bush and Sen. John Kerry prepare for their debates, Morning Edition, in a week-long series, examines the candidates' positions on some of the key issues of the fall campaign.

In our weekly series, Lost and Found Sound, a collaboration between NPR and independent producers, we learn about self-appointed disc-jockey Eric Byron.

Hundreds of pinwheels posing as daisies are among the eye-popping sights at California's Cornerstone Festival of Gardens. The exhibit offers new ideas in landscape design. NPR's Ketzel Levine reports.

As World War II ends, the United States becomes the great outside power in the Middle East, with three main concerns: Persian Gulf oil; support and protection of the new nation of Israel; and containment of the Soviet Union. NPR's Mike Shuster continues his six-part series on the history of Western involvement in the region.

Daniel Libeskind, the architect behind the master plan for rebuilding ground zero, says he sees the site as a cultural response to the attacks of Sept. 11. In coming up with his design, he turned to icons of America -- the Statue of Liberty, the Declaration of Independence and poet Walt Whitman. Libeskind speaks with NPR's Brian Naylor for the final installment of the Intersections series.

The rebuilding of the World Trade Center officially begins, as a 20-ton piece of granite is lowered into place. The slab will serve as the cornerstone of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, which has design elements that echo the Statue of Liberty. Hear Dan Blumberg of member station WNYC.