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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that a New Hampshire abortion law, requiring notification of a parent before a minor can end her pregnancy, should be sent back to state courts for further review. Madeleine Brand speaks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about the ruling, and what it indicates about potential future challenges to Roe v. Wade.

Two civil liberties groups file lawsuits against the Bush administration, charging the government's domestic eavesdropping program is illegal and unconstitutional. The suits say the program has had a chilling effect on free speech, and the groups are seeking a court injunction to shut down the effort.

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approves a resolution demanding Syrian cooperation in the ongoing probe into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The United Nations is investigating Syria's alleged role in the killing.

Engineers testify before the Senate that downtown New Orleans should not have flooded during Hurricane Katrina. The flooding occurred because walls along canals had faulty foundations and collapsed. The investigators said it's unclear whether the walls were poorly designed or shoddily constructed.

Teddy Roosevelt's greatest adventure came in 1914 when the former president visited South America. He barely escaped after agreeing to survey an uncharted river in the heart of the Amazon jungle.

Mark Twain once said, "I never let school interfere with my education." That's just one example of an aphorism from a new collection of the handy sayings gathered and annotated by author James Geary in The World in a Phrase.

Last March, Indonesia saw its first polio case in 10 years. Now, 300 children have been crippled and 60,000 infected. Before health officials can stamp polio out, they'll have to win over parents distrustful of the vaccine.

New reports from the Pew Hispanic Center conclude that low-income Latino students are the most segregated, ill-served group in the country's public high schools. The reports detail high school conditions for Hispanic students in the United States.

I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide, pleads not guilty to charges against him in a case probing who revealed the identity of a covert CIA agent. He was arraigned in federal court in Washington, D.C., on charges of obstructing justice, perjury and making false statements.

Hurricane Wilma creates severe flooding and a great deal of damage in the Yucatan Peninsula, where the huge storm lingered for more than 24 hours. Wilma battered the region's strip of beachfront resorts.