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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talks about the rift between the president and House Republicans over the proposed intelligence reform bill. Hear Gingrich and NPR's Renee Montagne.

The Supreme Court has thrown out the federal sentencing guidelines that Congress imposed, returning more power to judges to decide how severely to punish crime. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.

The European space probe Huygens arrives at Titan, Saturn's biggest moon. Radio telescopes confirm that the probe is beaming data to its mother ship. This is the climax of a risky mission to explore one of the most mysterious places in our solar system. Hear NPR's Richard Harris.

The trial of Army Spec. Charles Graner enters the sentencing phase. Graner, described as the ringleader of abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted Friday by a military jury. He may testify during Saturday's sentencing hearing. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

On Jan. 4, Milwaukee Democrat Gwen Moore made history by becoming Wisconsin's first African-American member of Congress. A former welfare recipient, Moore spent 16 years in the Wisconsin Legislature before winning the Fourth District seat.

A U.S. military transport helicopter crashes in the desert of western Iraq Wednesday, killing 31 U.S. Marines. The helicopter was about 220 miles west of Baghdad, carrying personnel from the First Marine Division. A U.S. military spokesman says there were no survivors and that the cause is still being investigated.

Ukraine's Supreme Court overturns the result of the country's presidential election. The court ordered a new runoff election later this month. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

President Bush formally announces the selection of former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik to succeed Tom Ridge as head of the Department of Homeland Security. Kerik would be the second person to head the two-year-old agency. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

Amid new and often confusing revelations about painkillers currently on the market, the Food and Drug Administration issues an interim advisory while it compares data on pain relievers. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Actor Jerry Orbach died Tuesday at age 69 of prostate cancer. Orbach spent years on the New York stage as a song man in hit musicals, but he was perhaps best known for his role as acerbic New York homicide detective Lennie Briscoe in the long-running hit series Law and Order.