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The White House says it will allow National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice to testify in public and under oath before the Sept. 11 commission. The Bush administration's agreement comes on the condition that Rice's testimony will not set a precedent for national security advisors testifying before Congress on policy matters. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson.

An attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul kills three U.S. relief workers, all civilians. Iraqi police and the FBI are investigating the incident, in which two workers, also civilians, were injured. Witnesses say the victims were shot by two or three men in a car. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Massachusetts lawmakers consider amending the state constitution to ban gay marriage. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the current constitution allows gays to marry. Legislators are considering a compromise that would ban marriage but allow civil unions. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Tovia Smith.

Howard Dean says he is no longer actively pursuing the presidency, but vows to remain a force in the nomination process. Although he failed to win any primaries or caucuses, Dean is credited with helping to shape the Democratic race to take on George W. Bush. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Members of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee cut short their summer recess to consider key recommendations of the bipartisan Sept. 11 commission. The commission's co-chairmen urge creation of a new national counter-terrorism center, led by a national intelligence "czar." NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

The Pentagon announces the formation of a military tribunal to preside over the first trials of terror suspects held at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. An Australian and two alleged bodyguards of Osama bin Laden will be the first defendants. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and Michael Greenberger, law professor at the University of Maryland.

Arab television broadcasts images of two hostages taken in Iraq, one reportedly a U.S. Marine and the other a Pakistani man working with the coalition authority. Militants claim to have captured the Marine after luring him from a base; they have threatened to behead the pair. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

NASA has not launched a space shuttle since the Columbia disaster a year and a half ago. The agency is preparing to return to space next spring, when the 20-year-old shuttle Discovery is slated to launch a Mercury probe. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

The first public audit of the Coalition Provisional Authority's management of $18 billion of Iraqi funds is due this week. An interim report says CPA accounting practices were prone to error and open to fraud. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Since John Kerry tapped John Edwards as his running mate on Tuesday, the two senators have been on a multi-state tour. In Raleigh, N.C., and Albuquerque, N.M., immigration reform was the focus. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.