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Several rallies in support of immigrants' rights are held, including in New York, where thousands marched across the Brooklyn Bridge. The issue has come to the fore since the House of Representatives passed a law making it a felony to be in the United States without proper documentation.

The U.S. Army says it has banned the use of body armor that is not issued by the military. Army officials say any soldier wearing commercially purchased body armor will have to turn it in and have it replaced by authorized gear. Military officials said they cannot guarantee the commercial gear's safety.

Organizers of last week's massive pro-immigrant march in Los Angeles have turned their sights to Costa Mesa in Orange County. The city has allied itself with U.S. Immigration and Customs to question and detain illegal immigrants. Opponents of that practice are planning a protest rally for Saturday.

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a young outcast trying to find out what happened to his ex-girlfriend in Brick, a hard-boiled noir set in a suburban high school.

The jury in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial goes into its second day of deliberations. Jurors are trying to decide whether Moussaoui is legally eligible to receive the death penalty. If the jury finds he is eligible, there will be a second phase and more testimony.

President Bush is in Cancun wrapping up a summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. Immigration with Mexico and trade with Canada were the two issues that took up most of the president's time. Steve Inskeep talks with David Greene.

livestock in Colombia are raised on vast, open ranges. Overseeing the herds requires the special skills of Colombian cowboys who are known as llaneros — Spanish for "plainsmen."

The jury in Zacarias Moussaoui's sentencing trial decides that he is eligible for the death penalty. Moussaoui was defiant in the face of the ruling, yelling out in court, "You will never get my blood." In the next phase of the proceedings, the jury will hear more testimony and decide whether Moussaoui should receive the death penalty or life in prison.

The miners and townspeople recall a grim week in a West Virginia coal town: an explosion, prayers amid worst fears, false hopes, a cruel twist and then a final realization that 12 workers are dead.

Devices on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are crammed with technology. But New York Times technology columnist David Pogue says companies are also rushing to make their products more fashionable.