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In nine days, NASA will launch the space shuttle Discovery on a mission to the International Space Station, despite the safety concerns of two senior officials. They spoke with reporters Wednesday to explain their reservations about the mission. Both were worried about a repeat of the Columbia Shuttle accident.

The bodies of two U.S. soldiers, abducted by insurgents after a battle late last week, are on their way home to the United States, where they will undergo DNA testing to confirm their identities. The bodies of Pfc. Kristian Menchaca and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker showed signs of torture when there were found south of Baghdad.

National Guard troops are patrolling the streets of New Orleans, returning to the city they helped stabilize nine months ago, after Hurricane Katrina struck. An upswing in violence, including a quintuple shooting that took place on Saturday, has led to new fears of unrest.

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Treasury Department has been secretly tracking suspicious international financial transactions. The program is known as the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program. Linda Wertheimer talks to Glenn Simpson, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, about the program.

The U.S. soccer team scores its first goal of the 2006 World Cup in a losing effort against Ghana, missing a chance to advance to the tournament's second round. Italy's 2-0 victory over the Czech Republic meant the U.S.-Ghana winner was assured a spot in the Round of 16.

The former U.S. poet laureate Stanley Kunitz has died. He was 100. The Pulitzer Prize-winner was known for his expressive verse, social commitment and generosity to young writers. His career spanned three-quarters of a century.

European foreign ministers meet in Brussels in an attempt to clearly define Europe's role in a U.N. peacekeeping force for Lebanon. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's presence shows the importance the U.N. attaches to a strong European component for the force.

The U.S. Army is reviewing the way it notifies families that a relative has been killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. The changes follow complaints from families who say they haven't always been told the whole story -- and in some cases, were given a false version of events.

Everyone knows that oil prices are high because demand has boomed in places like China, while supply has remained stagnant or fallen. But some oil analysts are focusing on a different issue: the amount of oil that's being held off the market in storage. These analysts say the oil market has created big incentives to hold on to oil rather then sell it.

South Korea indicts the chairman of one of its biggest companies, Hyundai Motor group. He is charged with setting up a $100 million fund to bribe politicians. The scandal has already claimed one life, a government official who committed suicide. It also threatens a pillar of the Korean economy.