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On the eve of the resumption of the trial of Saddam Hussein, an international monitor voices concern about the legality and fairness of the proceedings. Should the trial be moved?

President Bush pushes his plan for a guest-worker program during a visit to Arizona. His plan to bring millions of low-wage workers into the country has divided the Republican Party. He also discussed broader immigration issues and border security during his visit to Tucson, Ariz.

The taste of New Orleans is showing up on Thanksgiving tables across the country. A former New Orleans resident is cooking Cajun and Creole dishes for Thanksgiving in Salt Lake City.

Samuel Bernstein did all he could to keep his prodigiously gifted son off the stage.

Throughout November, hundreds of people are lining up to peer through the telescope at Lowell Observatory in northern Arizona. What they'll see: Mars in close opposition with the Earth. This is the nearest the red planet has been to Earth since 2003. If you miss it this month, you'll have to wait until 2018 for such an incredible view. Sadie Babits has this postcard from the observatory.

Palestinian Authority leaders celebrate the re-opening of the Gaza Strip's border crossing with Egypt, a main gateway to the outside world for Palestinians. But no one was allowed to pass through Rafah on Friday. European Union inspectors, who will help monitor the opening, are still arriving.

In Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants resumed Monday after a 40-day recess. Proceedings were then postponed until Dec. 5, to allow time to replace two defense lawyers who had been murdered.

Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA) has resigned from the House after pleading guilty to tax evasion and bribery conspiracy. Cunningham admitted he took than $2 million in exchange for favors to defense contracting companies.

Ten months after U.S. Marines effectively leveled Fallujah in a major counter-insurgency offensive, NPR's Anne Garrels visits the city and has this report.

A federal trial begins Monday in Harrisburg, Pa., over a Dover school district disclaimer that introduces the idea of "intelligent design" in high school biology classes. It is the first major test of the issue in a federal court.