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Candace Parker of the University of Tennessee became the first woman to slam dunk in an NCAA tournament game on Sunday. ESPN's Nancy Lieberman talks with Melissa Block about why slam dunks are rare in the women's game and whether Parker's feat means a change in women's college basketball.

The deadline to enroll in the new Medicare drug benefit is March 15 -- but some lawmakers have asked to push that date back, because the plan's rules are too confusing for seniors. President Bush, however, vows there will be no delay. Julie Rovner reports on what's behind the president's decision.

Already beset by violence and political instability, Iraqis face another crisis as the country's largest oil refinery shuts down due to insurgent threats against fuel tank drivers. The news has sparked a growing rush for scarce gasoline, and the country's oil minister has been suspended.

Since the company's founding in 1903, the name Ford has been synonymous with the automotive industry. Company founder Henry Ford Sr. became known for innovation, transforming cars into commodities for the masses and his company into an American icon. A look at selected milestones from the company's history.

Two explosions rock a convoy carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on her return to Pakistan after eight years in self-imposed exile. Police say Bhutto was not hurt.

More than 600 mayors across the nation have pledged to try to meet the target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions set by the Kyoto Protocol. Observers say it won't be easy with the soaring emissions rates of the last decade.

Dow Jones, owner of The Wall Street Journal, has reached an agreement in principle with Rupert Murdoch to protect the editorial independence of the business newspaper. The deal may clear Murdoch's final obstacle in his quest to buy the company for $5 billion.

Fred Vigeant, program director at WRVO in Oswego, N.Y., talks about the nasty blast of winter weather that stuck there Monday.

As prosecutors wrap up their perjury case against Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief-of-staff, journalist Tim Russert is expected to support a claim that Lewis "Scooter" Libby lied to a grand jury investigating the exposure of a CIA operative's identity.

Guatemalans go to the polls to elect a new president. The vote follows the most violent election campaign in the 11 years since the end of the country's brutal civil war. Nearly 50 people have died in the runup to the election. The leading contenders are a right-wing former general and a center-left candidate.