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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has released a report that lays out a plan to rebuild the city. The report and plan were produced by a special local commission made up of business, religious and civic leaders. The group looked at how best to redesign city government, restore public services and revitalize the region's economy.

The eight winners of the nation's largest lottery prize speak to the public about their newfound wealth. The new millionaires all work the night shift at a Lincoln, Neb., meat-processing plant. Nebraska Public Radio's Sarah McCammon reports.

An American general in Baghdad says insurgency assaults against Iraqi troops and civilians are on the rise. Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch says attacks have increased on a daily and weekly basis. Military officials say the spike in attacks is an effort to derail the new Iraqi government.

The Vice President gets a standing ovation as he addresses the legislature in his home state of Wyoming. It is his first public appearance since the hunting accident that injured his hunting buddy, Harry Whittington.

Turin gold medal winners Joey Cheek and Chad Hedrick started out as inline skaters before moving to the ice. It's a trend in speed skating these days, but one that wasn't initially welcomed by the sport's traditionalists.

Michele Norris talks with Allan Mitchell, an adjunct instructor at the University of Mississippi, about efforts to stop the state legislature from making the lyrics to the song "I Am Mississippi" the official state poem. Mitchell and other critics say the song is full of cliches.

If you "instant message," you may know the acronym LOL (Laughing Out Loud). But how about BRB, TTYL or ROFL? Take note: you're increasingly likely to encounter IM-speak in the verbal world.

Japan's Shizuka Arakawa has won the women's figure skating gold medal at the Turin Olympics. It's Japan's first medal of these games. Sasha Cohen of the United States took the silver medal and Russian World Champion Irina Slutskaya earned bronze.

As a psychologist and Red Cross volunteer, Debbie Hall is guided by her belief in the healing power of simply being there for others. She finds that it is the state of being, not doing, that often means the most.

Headed to an annual family gathering? Wish you didn't have to deal with your family? Justin Racz and Alec Brownstein, authors of 50 Relatives Worse Than Yours, identify characters you might find gathered around the punch bowl.