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Mexico has a new president, conservative Felipe Calderon, but his opponent refuses to concede defeat. New York University professor Marcelo Saures Orozco discusses the implications for Mexico and elections throughout the region.

In June, the Supreme Court struck down the military tribunals used by the Bush administration for trying suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo. Now, the president is calling on Congress to approve his proposal for a new system of military commissions. But authors of the Senate bill are clashing with the White House over whether to allow terrorism suspects access to the evidence against them.

President Bush acknowledges the existence of secret CIA prisons around the world and says 14 high-value terrorism suspects have been transferred from the system to Guantanamo Bay for trials.

Julie Bank takes the helm of the North County Humane Society in the face of lacking financial support, adoptions, and public trust. The new leader shares her plan to get the organization back on its

The president of Mexico's top electoral court recommends upholding Felipe Calderon's win in the July presidential election, rejecting a challenge from the candidate from the left, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Mexico has been in turmoil since the election -- with Lopez Obrador charging that massive fraud aided Calderon.

A drought has been lingering in the Great Plains for six years. A federal meteorologist calls it the third-worst U.S. drought on record. Farmers in some parts of the country have endured Dust Bowl-like conditions this summer.

Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court invalidated the system set up by President Bush to try accused war criminals at Guantanamo. The ruling, in the case of Osama bin Laden's driver, followed a series of key maneuvers.

Congress will return to work Tuesday after a five-week break and with Election Day just two months away. President Bush called Monday for lawmakers to make tax cuts permanent, but it's unlikely that Congress will finish any substantive work until after the November elections.

A rally in Phoenix on Monday drew hundreds of people marching in favor of immigrants' rights. But the rally was far smaller than the massive crowds that gathered for a similar event in April. And this time, there was a lot more opposition.

Jonathan Ledgard, correspondent for The Economist, talks to Steve Inskeep about negotiators in Somalia resuming peace talks over the weekend.