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The Indonesian resort island of Bali is still reeling from the second major terrorist attack in three years. The death toll is at 26, with more than 100 wounded. In 2002, blasts blamed on the Islamic militant group Jamaah Islamiyah took 202 lives.

Residents of New Orleans East gathered in a shopping mall Friday, set to return to their homes for the first time since Hurricane Katrina hit. They are determined to participate in a debate over the city's future.

The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians are battling for two remaining playoff spots in the American League. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Ron Rapoport discusses the latest details with Linda Wertheimer.

Untreated wastewater flows from Tijuana, Mexico, into the Pacific Ocean near the California border. Sasha Khokha of NPR station KQED says the U.S. government is expected to endorse a much-debated treatment plant.

President Bush was introduced to Harriet Miers in 1993, while he was running for governor of Texas. Long before she joined him as White House counsel, she was a key adviser. Dallas Morning News writer Wayne Slater tells of her role on the Texas Lottery Commission.

Painkillers can be effective because they block pain signals from getting to the brain. But distracting the brain from pain is an alternative method for intervening with it, especially for anxiety-provoking medical treatments.

Charges emerge that HIV-infected foster children enlisted in federally funded trials of AIDS drugs in the late 1980s and early '90s were involved without adequate representation. Investigative hearings are under way in Washington.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair meets with Muslim leaders in Britain, as his cabinet considers new legislation for combating terrorism. The four chief suspects in the London attacks were all British Muslims. Blair is looking for new ways to keep young Britons from what he has called the "evil ideology" of Islamist extremism.

Melissa Block continues a conversation with Tom and Joyce DeBaggio, who have lived with Alzheimer's since Tom was diagnosed six years ago. Joyce says she's had trouble coping.

Judge John G. Roberts, President Bush's choice to be a Supreme Court justice, has friends in both parties. His reputation as a bright, questioning lawyer comes with a solid standing as a conservative.