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Adam Sandler is one of a growing number of comedians who's not content to just wait for projects to come his way. He's set up his own production company "Happy Madison" to produce his own films as well as those of fellow comedians like Rob Schneider (

Last week, in a case from Dover, Penn., a judge ruled that it is unconstitutional to teach intelligent design in public schools. Supporters of intelligent design say the ruling won't deter them from raising questions about the theory of evolution.

President Bush was on the road Wednesday touting the $2.77 trillion budget he sent to Congress this week. The president found a receptive audience of business leaders in Manchester, N.H. But an independent survey of state voters at the end of December put Mr. Bush's approval rating at 36 percent.

Melissa Block talks with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan. Karzai is in Washington meeting with U.S. President George Bush.

Iraq's new parliament was sworn in Thursday, but the political parties deadlocked over which one will lead the next government. Renee Montagne talks to Jonathan Morrow, senior advisor with the Rule of Law Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He recently returned from Iraq where he's been working with the Sunni leadership on Iraq's constitution.

Polls close in Iraq after millions of people cast their ballots in a vote on whether to approve their new constitution. For the most part, the day was quiet, with only scattered reports of minor attacks. Results on the referendum won't be released until Monday.

Humanitarian groups are finding cheaper ways -- namely, filtering systems -- to clean up contaminated drinking water in developing nations. That could greatly reduce diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites among the billion people worldwide who drink unsafe water.

Details from financial disclosure forms filed Wednesday by selected members of California's congressional delegation include Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Barbara Boxer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep.

Several key African-American organizations gathered recently to draft a new plan in the fight against AIDS. Participants Jesse Milan (chairman of the board for the Black AIDS Institute) and Pernessa Seele (founder and CEO of The Balm in Gilead) talk with Tony Cox about the meeting.

The annual report of Reporters Without Borders finds that more journalists have been killed in Iraq since March 2003 than during the 20 years of conflict in Vietnam. Reporters have become targets in Iraq in marked contrast with reporters' experiences during the war in Vietnam.