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Students and faculty gathered Friday night for a candlelight vigil on the campus of Northern Illinois University, the site of a deadly shooting on Thursday, in which five students were killed and 16 wounded.

Guatemala's already troubled presidential election has been thrown into more chaos and confusion only weeks ahead of a contentious second round of voting.

Pakistanis vote in a parliamentary election Monday, ending a campaign that has been overshadowed by violence — including the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. The vote could empower a new civilian government. But many say they believe the country's army will not go away quietly.

Wisconsin is the next battleground in the Democratic nomination contest. Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both campaigned in the state Saturday.

University of Michigan professor Arthur Kuo's research team has created a new knee brace that stores the residual energy a person makes while walking. They report that walking for one minute can generate enough energy to power the average cell phone for 10 minutes. Andrea Seabrook speaks with Kuo.

A temporary version of the law allowing intelligence agencies to conduct surveillance of terrorism suspects without a warrant expired Saturday. A key sticking point is whether to grant retroactive immunity to telecom companies that cooperate with the government.

With the delegate race tightening between Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Virginia voters will be in the spotlight as they head to the primaries Tuesday. But no matter who wins, Democrats say the enthusiasm generated by the primary should help their party in this November's election.

Voters are participating Tuesday in primary elections in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia — they're being called the "Potomac Primaries." Better-than-average turnout is expected in Virginia and Maryland, with waits of up to 45 minutes in some areas.

Former Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, face off on Capitol Hill. Clemens has disputed claims in the Mitchell Report on drug use in baseball that he used illegal performance-enhancing drugs, while McNamee says he injected the pitcher with those drugs.

East Africa correspondent Gwen Thompkins has spent the last year covering the news of the Continent, traveling from her base in Nairobi, Kenya to Somalia, Sudan and South Africa. Thompkins talks about her reporting and an upcoming visit by President Bush to the Continent.