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Sen. Barack Obama delivered a speech in Berlin on Wednesday, calling for greater cooperation between Europe and the United States in fighting terrorism. The speech was billed by his campaign as a centerpiece of his trip abroad.

Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he wants Congress, not judges, to make policy on how Guantanamo detainees may challenge their detention. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against the Bush administration three times in cases related to processing Guantanamo detainees.

A top U.S. government scientist who helped investigate deadly anthrax attacks in 2001 reportedly committed suicide as the federal probe shifted to him. Bruce Ivins, 62, was a bioresearcher at defense labs in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

President Bush reversed his stance on a congressional plan to help Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac weather the mortgage crisis and to provide struggling homeowners with more affordable loans. White House press secretary Dana Perino said the president had decided it was not the time for a veto fight.

Some legislators say oil speculation is driving up energy prices. But a report released Tuesday concludes that the spike in oil prices may have more to do with supply and demand.

The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, most recently an administrator of alternative medicine, is accused of ordering the so-called "ethnic cleansing" of Bosnian Muslims. He faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

A federal rescue of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers as much as $25 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday. But its director said there is a better than 50 percent chance the government will not have to step in to prop up the companies.

When Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley challenged the state's 5.6 million residents to reduce their home electricity consumption by 15 percent, NPR's Richard Harris looked at ways his household could better conserve.

A man once called "arguably the greatest stock picker of the century," John Templeton, died Tuesday at his home in the Bahamas. He was 95. More than a half-century ago, he founded the global Templeton Growth Fund. But the devout Presbyterian invested as much in faith as he did in finance.

Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama both addressed the National Urban League this weekend. Casting a shadow over their visit before the mostly black membership was the ongoing finger-pointing over race. The campaigns spent the weekend going back and forth over just how and why the issue came up.