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Newly elected Senate GOP leader Bill Frist -- who is also a physician -- has long been an advocate for health care issues. But NPR's Julie Rovner reports that Frist faces major obstacles to passing major health care legislation in the next Congress.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar is taking heat for his government's handling of the offshore oil spill -- the nation's worst environmental disaster. Jerome Socolovsky reports that fishermen are furious it took officials so long to organize the cleanup.

A federal judge in Baltimore rules that Microsoft must include rival Sun Microsystem's Java programming language in its Windows operating system. NPR's Jason Lopez reports the injunction will be enforced while Sun pursues its antitrust case against the software giant.

There's a single winning ticket for the jackpot in the multi-state Powerball lottery. It's worth about $315 million, making it the largest jackpot ever claimed by one ticket. The winner has yet to be identified. The ticket was purchased at a convenience store in Hurricane, West Virginia. NPR News reports.

Addressing looming crises in Iraq and North Korea, President Bush says the two problems require different approaches. He reiterates that steps will be taken to "disarm" Iraq if necessary, but he calls for diplomacy to resolve issues over North Korea's renewed nuclear weapons program. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Iraq gives the United Nations a list of more than 500 names of scientists associated with its nuclear and chemical weapons programs. Now U.N. officials must decide what to do with the list. Most of the scientists are not expected to speak freely unless they're allowed to leave. NPR News reports.

The Pentagon opens a new anti-terrorism base in the nation of Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa. Military commanders say the mission is to "track down and root out" terrorists hiding in lawless stretches along the northeast African coast. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

A company with ties to a religious group called the Raelians says it has successfully cloned a human being -- and has more babies on the way. There's no immediate proof of Clonaid's claims, but an independent effort will attempt to verify the claim. The mainstream scientific community is skeptical. Hear from NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Joe Palca.

Kenyans go to the polls Friday to elect a new president. A constitutional amendment prevents President Daniel arap Moi from seeking another term, and he's stepping down after 24 years in power. The elections also could unseat the Kenya African National Union, the ruling party since the nation's independence from Britain in 1963. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

President Bush nominates former investment banker William Donaldson to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Donaldson's selection comes just a day after the president announced railroad executive John Snow as his choice for treasury secretary. Hear NPR's Jack Speer and Mike McNamee of Business Week.