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Heads of state joined tens of thousands of South Africans at a memorial service in Johannesburg to mourn and celebrate Nelson Mandela's life. The nation's first black president and icon of equality died on Thursday at age 95.

The FCC is facing pressure from a number of senators over plans to cut back a program that subsidizes phone and broadband services for low-income people.

President Bush nominates Stephen Johnson to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Johnson is a 24-year veteran of the agency who has been the acting administrator since Mike Leavitt left to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Supreme Court hears a case in which a Southern California Internet service provider wants cable TV providers to share their networks with other companies. This would give Internet cable users more choices.

A mother of an autistic child wonders whether or not she should accept special government services when she has the financial means to provide them herself. Host Jennifer Ludden and New York Times Magazine ethicist Randy Cohen discuss her dilemma.

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry campaign furiously in key battleground states, exchanging attacks on gun control, Iraq and the economy. Meanwhile, CBS News says it will stand by a disputed story on the president's service in the Air National Guard. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

A special report on the CBS program Sixty Minutes II this week raises new questions about President Bush's service in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. The story relied in part on documents that critics say appear to be forgeries. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Ceremonies in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night will honor federal employees with the Service to America Medal, given for outstanding work by public servants. NPR's Renee Montagne speaks with two recipients, Eileen Harrington of the FTC and physicist Deborah Jin of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Three CBS news executives are refusing to resign after being implicated in a botched story on President Bush's military service record. The three were asked to leave after an investigation concluded in January.

Sen. John Kerry's service in Vietnam and his later prominence in protests against that war have both been major elements in his political profile ever since. But only now are these stories entering the consciousness of the nation as a whole. NPR's Melissa Block reports.