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President Bush meets with the new leaders of the Senate, Democrats Harry Reid of Nevada and Richard Durbin of Illinois, who benefited from their party's strong showing in Senate races this week. The new Senate and House mean President Bush will need new strategies for his final two years in office.

Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read from some of this week'sletters, including a poem reflecting on our Hurricane Katrina anniversary coverage and dismay over a story about shopping carts equipped with TVs for children. We also hear reaction to the unveiling of a mystery guitarist on the Web site YouTube.

Thousands of people are gathering at Ground Zero in New York to observe the fifth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. President Bush was among those in the city to remember those lost in the attacks on the World Trade Center.

Efforts to ban gay marriage are back on the ballot this year in eight states, including Colorado. The Republican incumbent in the state's 4th district is a prominent supporter of the ban, and she's facing a vigorous challenge for re-election.

Federal documents suggest that the Sago mine, where 12 men died after being trapped by an explosion Monday, has a record of committing serious safety violations.

Now that snowboarding has become mainstream, a new "alternative" sport is catching the eye of adrenaline junkies in select ski areas. It's called airboarding -- sort of the bodyboarding equivalent to surfing the slopes. Reporter Tom Banse visits a small resort in the Pacific Northwest to see what it's like to fly down the slopes belly-first.

Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion charges. Wednesday, Abramoff will appear in a Miami court and is to enter a guilty plea there on separate charges of fraud and conspiracy.

Renee Montagne talks to Senior Correspondent Juan Williams about the heated exchanges between the White House press corps and White House spokesman Scott McClellan about the timing of the release of information on Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting accident.

A British magazine about business and global politics seems an unlikely hit among American readers. But The Economist is defying expectations. It has doubled its readership in the U.S. since 1993.

Michele Norris and Robert Siegel read from listeners' letters and e-mails. This round features the vetoed children's health — or SCHIP — legislation, an Elizabeth Edwards interview, the annoying click-click of a computer keyboard, Sputnik and the melodious keys of Thelonius Monk.