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The NCAA men's basketball championship will be decided Monday night in Indianapolis. Steve Inskeep talks to John Feinstein about the two finalists, UCLA and Florida. The Bruins are seeking a 12th national title. Florida is in the final for the second time since 2000.

Haitians cast ballots to elect a new leader, nearly two years after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile after a violent uprising. More than 3 million registered voters are being encouraged to cast ballots despite recent violence.

New York state's highest court heard arguments Wednesday in several gay marriage cases. It will be at least a month before the New York Court of Appeals decides whether gays and lesbians have the right to marry same-sex partners.

President Bush says a deal to allow a company owned by the government of Dubai -- one of the United Arab Emirates -- to operate six U.S. seaports is no threat to port security. He promises to veto any effort to stop it. Lawmakers, including Republicans, have criticized the decision.

Mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., burst into applause as the Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives safely to Mars. Only about two-thirds of NASA's Mars missions have survived. The spacecraft is supposed to gather more information about Mars than all previous missions combined.

A federal court jury in Houston convicts Enron founder Ken Lay and former chief executive Jeff Skilling of conspiracy and fraud. They will be sentenced on Sept. 11, and face lengthy prison terms. Both men intend to appeal the verdicts.

The sentencing phase of the Zacarias Moussaoui trial culminates with the jury recommending life in prison for the confessed terrorist conspirator. The jury apparently agreed with many of the prosecution's key arguments, but ended up voting against the death penalty. Formal sentencing by the judge takes place Thursday.

President Bush announces an agreement with India to share nuclear reactors, fuel and expertise with the energy-starved nation in return for its acceptance of international safeguards. The plan would reverse decades of U.S. policy against nuclear cooperation with states that have not signed the nonproliferation treaty.

An Islamist militia says it has seized control of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Steve Inskeep talks to John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group about the conflict. The Islamists have been fighting the warlords since the last central government collapsed in 1991.

A nine-month-long federal racketeering trial involving the tobacco industry ended Thursday. Judge Gladys Kessler now will decide whether big tobacco comanies conspired to hide the dangers of smoking. In closing arguments, Justice Department lawyers asked the judge to impose marketing restrictions on cigarettes.