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Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader, calls on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to resign after she was placed under house arrest for a second time. She had threatened to lead a motorcade from Lahore to the capital Islamabad to protest emergency rule.

A federal appeals court says President Bush does not have the constitutional authority to imprison a U.S. resident indefinitely and without charge, as in the case of Ali al-Marri. Al-Marri is a citizen of Qatar who was attending graduate school in Illinois when he was arrested in 2001.

The Savages, with its depiction of family members dealing with their ailing father, hit close to home for NPR film critic Bob Mondello. Movies are emotionally effective, Mondello says, because they come so close to the truth.

The Iraqi government has banned the distribution and public broadcast of a popular genre of war-like songs that praise the fighters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr. Supporters say the music is patriotic; the government says it incites terrorism.

The Senate is taking up the $700 billion plan to rescue Wall Street. Benton Ives, economics and finance reporter for the Congressional Quarterly, says the legislation is largely the same as the one the House rejected Monday, but with added tax breaks and an increase on the deposit insurance cap.

On Saturday, two players who have never won a Wimbledon title before will compete in the Women's championship. And on the men's side, Novak Djokovic will get his chance at a 24th grand slam.

President-elect Barack Obama says despite the enormous task a head, he's as hopeful as ever that the U.S. will endure and prevail and fulfill the dreams of its founders. Obama addressed the crowd gathered for a celebrity-packed concert at the Lincoln Memorial Sunday. Some estimates put the attendance as high as several hundred thousand.

The Senate Judiciary committee voted 13-6 Tuesday to approve Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. All the Democrats on the committee voted for her along with one Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

Publisher Conde Nast closed Gourmet and three other magazines — Cookie, Modern Bride and Elegant Bride — in a bid to cut costs amid a slump in advertising. Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of public radio's The Splendid Table, offers her insight.

The global financial crisis has given the International Monetary Fund a new lease on life. Countries had been pulling away from the IMF and the reforms it demands. Now, Pakistan, Hungary, Iceland and others are turning to it to protect them in the global credit crunch.