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I. King Jordan, outgoing president of Gallaudet University, the world's only university dedicated to deaf and hard of hearing students, appears in his first interview since the protests that locked down the school’s campus for nearly one month.

A federal judge orders the Treasury Department to make changes in the way in prints money, so it will be easier for the blind to tell bills apart. The ruling, in response to an American Council of the Blind lawsuit, proposes several options. The Treasury Department has 10 days to appeal.

Singer James Brown dies at 73. He had been hospitalized in Atlanta for pneumonia. His string of hits began in 1956 with "Please Please Please" and continued with "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," "Night Train," and "I Got You."

President Bush says it is "vital" that Congress quickly confirm the changes he has made to his national security team. With new commanders and new policies in the works for Iraq, the White House seems to be clearing the decks at home as well, with a number of top-level personnel changes.

The Pentagon confirms an attack on al-Qaida suspects in southern Somalia. One spokesman said that the attack was based on what he called "credible evidence." But there are other accounts from the region itself that describe more than one assault, and more casualties.

New Century, a subprime lender that was once the second-largest in the industry, has filed for bankruptcy. The company is joining the ranks of many other subprime lenders to crash and burn in the housing market downturn.

A new state agency is determining the minimum health insurance plan that all Massachusetts citizens must buy by 2009. Will Massachusetts face a consumer revolt, or will it lead the nation closer to universal coverage?

Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales goes to Capitol Hill this week to defend the decision to fire eight federal prosecutors. The Justice Department released his prepared testimony over the weekend. In it, he concedes that mistakes were made.

Thousands of people turned out Tuesday night for a candlelight vigil in Blacksburg, Va. The mourners remembered those killed Monday in two campus shootings, one of which is blamed on a 23-year-old Virginia Tech student.

Virginia Tech student Erin Sheehan survived Monday's shooting attack on her German class at Norris Hall. Many of her classmates did not. Sheehan recounts stories of heroism and horror, and says she will stay in school.