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Mayor Ray Nagin suspends his ambitious plan to reopen parts of New Orleans. He said he was concerned about the threat from Tropical Storm Rita, now moving west toward the Gulf of Mexico. The mayor was also under pressure from federal officials who say the city is still unsafe.

On Jan. 1, Dr. Regina Benjamin's rural health clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala., was destroyed by a fire. The clinic was preparing to reopen after repairs that followed severe damage from Hurricane Katrina. The doctor tells Debbie Elliott what she'll do next.

The radio shock jock Howard Stern made his first appearance on a new venue Monday morning. Sirius satellite radio has given Stern the liberty to do almost anything he wants -- and the paycheck to afford pretty much anything he wants.

In an Instagram post, Britney Spears and fiancé Sam Asghari told fans that she had a miscarriage.

Scientists have pieced together the virus that caused the deaths of tens of millions of people in the 1918 flu pandemic. The work is providing new insights into how a strain of flu can become so lethal.

President Bush's top strategist, Karl Rove, agrees to testify a fourth time before a grand jury investigating the unauthorized release of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to reporters. This time, federal prosecutors will not grant Rove immunity -- which could pave the way for an indictment.

Large regions of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan cite widespread destruction after a deadly earthquake Saturday. Deaths are estimated in the tens of thousands. Rescue and relief crews are rushing to devastated areas.

In a case that abortion rights supporters are calling a major victory, the Kansas Supreme Court rules that prosecutors cannot have unlimited access to abortion patients' medical records. The case pitted patients' privacy rights against the state's interest in prosecuting certain types of crimes.

In Champagne: How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times, Don and Petie Kladstrup offer the history of a New Year's Eve staple that had rather inauspicious beginnings.

Jordan's King Abdullah vows to hunt down those responsible for Wednesday's suicide bombings in the capital of Amman. Hundreds of protesters condemn the prime suspect in the attacks, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born militant and al Qaeda leader.