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Police departments are on heightened alert around the country, stepping up their presence at bridges, tunnels and power plants. But state and local governments say they need federal help to maintain this level of increased security. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry receives the support of U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt. The Missouri congressman says he and Kerry share common goals, and calls Kerry the candidate best positioned to take on President Bush in November. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

Seven American soldiers are dead after an Army helicopter is shot down in southern Iraq, according to the Pentagon. Officials say four others were wounded, and they've been rescued. Hear NPR News.

The nine Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico for their second debate. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson.

As President Bush campaigns in the Midwest, he highlights an improved economy but finds he can't ignore the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and Brian Bull of Wisconsin Public Radio.

A roadside bomb and a rocket attack kill at least two people in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. And a bomb explodes in Baghdad, injuring at least two Iraqi civilians in a nearby SUV. Hear NPR's Cara Gerhardt.

President Hamid Karzai announces that national elections planned for June will be delayed until September. The elections, to choose the country's president and members of parliament, will be put off due to security concerns, Karzai said. Hear NPR's Craig Windham.

Three Japanese civilians held hostage in Iraq are freed by their captors, a week after being kidnapped near Baghdad. The three -- two aid workers and a journalist -- were received by Sunni clerics who negotiated their release. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

Turnout for Sunday's Democratic caucuses in Maine is high -- as expected -- despite bitterly cold weather. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Jeff Tuttle of the Bangor News.

It's Super Tuesday and the biggest primary day in U.S. history with 24 states holding contests. We hear from voters about what issues matter to them.