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North Korea says it will reactivate a nuclear power plant, eight years after the reactor was idled as part of an agreement with the United States. The move is in response to a U.S. decision to suspend oil aid to North Korea. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

Scientists unveil the entire genetic blueprint of the mouse, providing a powerful tool for probing human genetics. The work could lead to a better understanding of human disease and the biology of mammals in general. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly arrives in South Korea for talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) announces he will run for president in 2004. Lieberman, the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2000, says he intends to "talk straight to the American people" and to show them he's "a different kind of Democrat." Naomi Starobin reports.

President Bush proposes an economic stimulus package that would cost nearly $700 billion over 10 years, cutting federal taxes on stock dividends and offers married couples tax relief. Bush says "the time to deliver tax-rate reductions is now." NPR News reports.

Overturning a lower court ruling, a federal appeals court rules the government can, in wartime, hold U.S. citizens as enemy combatants without the constitutional protections afforded Americans in criminal prosecutions. NPR News reports.

Israeli police say a pair of explosions in downtown Tel Aviv killed more than 20 people. Authorities say two suicide bombers exploded devices simultaneously at the city's former bus station. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

President Bush outlines an economic stimlus plan, which would consist of more than $600 billion in tax cuts over 10 years. The plan would include a complete elimination of the tax on stock dividends. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Martha Stewart is released from a federal women's prison in West Virginia and will be spending the next five months under home confinement at her estate in New York. Stewart will return to a company with a stock price that's soared while she's been in prison for her part in a stock scandal.

Hundreds of thousands of people take part in a "democratic carnival" in Taiwan. They're protesting a Chinese law that threatens military action if Taiwan officially declares independence. The U.S. and European Union have reacted negatively to the law.