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A federal judge approves a partial settlement between WorldCom and the SEC in which the company accepts allegations of fraud and agrees to close monitoring of its corporate governance and its accounting controls. The judge defers a decision on penalties. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday on computer file-sharing programs in a copyright case brought by movie studios and record companies who want to hold distributors of the programs Grokster and Morpheus accountable for piracy committed by their users. Michele Norris talks with Los Angeles Times reporter Jon Healey.

Early in his first term, President Bush made a commitment to spend $5 billion a year in helping the poorest nations of the world out of poverty. His Millennium Challenge Account, though, has not spent a penny yet. And the president's latest budget proposal calls for $3 billion, not the $5 billion he promised.

According to the Pentagon, improvised explosive devices account for half of all combat deaths in Iraq. The Pentagon says by summer, all U.S. military vehicles in Iraq will have factory-produced armor. The military also is turning to high-tech solutions, including drones that can detect items buried in the ground.

The Government Accountability Office says dozens of people whose names are on terrorism watch lists were able to buy guns in the U.S. legally last year. Gun control supporters say the report underscores the need to tighten requirements for gun purchases.

The government releases its most recent account of Iraq's arms programs. The conclusion: Saddam Hussein posed a diminishing threat at the time the United States invaded. We get a reaction from a former U.S. chief arms inspector.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Judith Yaphe, senior research fellow at National Defense University about the demographic make-up of Iraq, and how that will affect Iraq's future. She says Sunni Arabs account for only about 17 percent of the population. Shia Arabs 60 percent; Kurds -- mostly Sunni -- about 20 percent; and Turkmen only about three percent, though they claim much higher numbers.

The Assassins' Gate is New Yorker reporter George Packer's scathing account of the Bush administration's push to change the political future of the Middle East through force.

Questions about President Bush's time in the Texas National Guard resurface, as the Associated Press reports it has been unable to find military documents to explain gaps in his service. Records released by the Pentagon add new details but don't account for the missing months. Hear NPR's Eric Niiler.

The New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer discusses The Dark Side, her nonfiction account of the Bush administration's anti-terror policies. Mayer has been nominated for a 2008 National Book Award for the work.