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The Justice Department has made some evidence public in the case of scientist Bruce Ivins, the government's suspect in the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people. A U.S. attorney said he is confident that the evidence would have been enough to make the case in court. Ivins committed suicide last week.

The FBI released documents Wednesday, including e-mails written by Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist who killed himself after learning he was the prime suspect in the anthrax attacks investigation. The e-mails reflect what many call evidence of Ivins' declining grip on reality.

Regular featured guest Loriene Roy has completed her term as president of the American Library Association. In an exit interview, Roy shares highlights from her time leading the group, what the future holds for her and one final list of suggested literary "musts" for the inquiring mind.

Georgia this weekend prepared for increased ground attacks as Russia sent more troops and hundreds of tanks into the breakaway province of South Ossetia on Saturday. President Bush urged Russia and Georgia Saturday morning to declare a cease fire.

The Treasury Department on Sunday proposed a three-part rescue plan to bolster housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The plan aims to calm jittery investors while enabling the two government-chartered companies to remain public.

The man whose books on Soviet-era gulags earned him international acclaim and years of exile from his homeland has died. Alexander Solzhenitsyn died Sunday of heart failure. He was 89. Although Solzhenitsyn continued to write through his last years, it is largely his early work that he is remembered for today.

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' communications with social media companies about controversial online posts.

A battle has begun on the border between the Republic of Georgia and Russia. Georgian forces backed by warplanes have launched a full-scale internal offensive in the region of South Ossetia. They're fighting with Russian-backed separatists over control of the breakaway region. Madeleine Brand talks with Lawrence Sheets about the fighting.

Salim Hamdan, who served as a driver for Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison by a U.S. military jury in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. With credit for time served, he may be eligible for release by the end of the year. But the government could continue holding him.

A federal judge unsealed documents in the anthrax case Wednesday. FBI officials were expected to hold a public event to describe the evidence against Army scientist Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide last week before prosecutors could charge him in the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001.