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President Bush meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai against a backdrop of renewed U.S.-Afghan tensions. The Rand International Security and Defense Policy Center's Jim Dobbins discusses strains on relations, including anti-American protests and alleged prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, heroin production and control of U.S. troops.

Last week United Airlines defaulted on workers' pension benefits, causing many to worry about their own company's retirement plans. A court ruling shifts the burden to the government Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. from the company. Dallas Salisbury, president of the Employee Benefits Research Institute, explains the implications.

For 15 years, a bronze sculpture in the CIA's courtyard has taunted amateur and professional code-breakers alike. Kryptos is a copper wall that features four long coded passages. The last breakthrough came six years ago.

George Washington University Professor Orin Kerr is helping to rewrite part of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. He is trying to balance the privacy concerns of Internet service users with the terrorism concerns of law enforcement.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for a special election so voters can consider his far-reaching proposals on reshaping the state's government. The move bypasses the legislature. John Myers of member station KQED reports.

Michael Jackson has been declared innocent of child molestation by a California jury, ending a dramatic case that has drawn massive media coverage and interest from the pop singer's fans.

Even Republican members of Congress are proposing alternatives to President Bush's ideas for overhauling Social Security. A look at proposals from three Republican senators.

A Gallup poll shows 6 in 10 Americans say the U.S. should withdraw some or all troops from Iraq. In February, less than half of those surveyed by Gallup offered that opinion.

A judge rules that a political action committee formed by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay did violate Texas law. The ruling found that the group illegally funneled $500,000 in corporate campaign contributions to GOP candidates in the 2002 election.

Australian scientists confirm the mass bleaching, yet are hopeful the world's largest coral reef ecosystem can recover.