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We look at how the California Innocence Project has been working to overturn convictions of the wrongly accused for 10 years.

Participants in the Women's Learning Partnership -- a coalition of non-governmental organizations headed by and for women -- met this week in Washington, D.C.

Declared Republican candidates for president met in California for their first debate this week. But many Republican voters are talking about a potential candidate who also appeared in California this week. They want to see TV star and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson enter the race.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announces the formation of a new alliance of Shiite and Kurdish parties in an effort to break Baghdad's political impasse. But no Sunni leaders are involved, and key Shiite groups are also not participating.

The actual motive behind the shooting rampage at Ft. Hood last week is still unclear. Unless the prime suspect recovers and decides to tell us his reasons, we may never know. After the shooting, the airwaves were filled with experts talking about stress.

The Supreme Court hears arguments in two drug-crime cases Tuesday. One is a further test of the new use of the old sentencing rules, which the court has found to be guidelines rather than rigid requirements. The other tests the federal law that requires longer sentences for crack-cocaine violations than for powder cocaine violations.

Questions are being raised about the new commander in charge of the Army's Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a day after the previous general in charge was fired.

With the latest product recall by toymaker Mattel, the "Made-in-China" brand is facing tough times internationally. But business has not slowed. There is no shortage of international buyers of toys from China, which now makes 70 percent of the world's toys.

The Bush administration is imposing economic sanctions against senior officials of Myanmar, with China joining in to appeal for calm. Other Southeast Asian countries have condemned the violent repression of protesters.

Many Israelis are upset with two of this year's Oscar nominations. Stephen Spielberg's Munich is being criticized for bias. But objections are greater to Paradise Now, the story of two Palestinian suicide bombers.