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A pair of car bombings in Iraq kills more than 45 people and wounds some 200. Among the dead were 35 children, killed during a ceremony for the inauguration of a new sewage facility. U.S. troops were handing out candy at the opening. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry emphasizes the importance of stem cell research, a subject of disagreement between Kerry and President Bush. Speaking in Portsmouth, N.H., Kerry questioned the president's decision-making style and the influence of GOP extremists. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry traded barbs on domestic issues — from the economy to health care to Social Security — during their third and final debate, held Wednesday night at Arizona State University.

Recent polls show President Bush and Sen. Kerry running in a dead heat as Election Day nears. After Wednesday's final presidential debate, the race will enter the final stretch. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson and Stan Greenberg, an adviser to the Kerry campaign; and Bill McInturf, a Republican who conducts the Wall Street Journal/NBC poll.

Sen. John Kerry declares himself able to win in any U.S. region as he celebrates winning the Democratic presidential primaries in Virginia and Tennessee. Kerry cites the support of his fellow veterans as he defeated two Southerners, Sen. John Edwards and retired Gen. Wesley Clark. Hear NPR's Michele Norris, Kerry and NPR's David Welna.

Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts wins his first presidential contests in the South, soundly defeating Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina in Virginia and Tennessee. Retired Gen. Wesley Clark is a distant third in both states. Hear NPR's Michele Norris, NPR's David Welna and NPR's Greg Allen.

Trials begin in three states over a new federal law banning certain types of abortion. Abortion-rights activists oppose the law, saying it erodes a woman's right to choose abortion by threatening all second-trimester abortions. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Robert Smith.

On the last weekend of campaigning before "Super Tuesday" -- when 10 states hold elections -- things are heating up in delegate-rich Ohio. Voters are looking ahead to the November general election and the state's potentially pivotal role. Hear NPR's John Ydstie and NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

The LA-based group was, naturally, waylaid by the pandemic — just enough to write a new record, Radiate Like This.

Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says Saddam Hussein will be transferred to Iraqi legal custody Wednesday, but he will remain in the physical custody of U.S. forces for the time being. Formal charges against Saddam will be brought Thursday. Meanwhile, a roadside bomb in Baghdad kills three Marines. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.