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NASA has neither found nor fixed the fuel sensor fault that halted the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery two weeks ago. So it's turning to the ultimate test: setting another launch in motion, for mid-morning Tuesday.

The Republican governors are asking for federal law enforcement to take the lead in protecting the justices in the weeks and months ahead as protests continue.

No one knows what birds see when they look out at the world, but one ornithologist is sure they don't see glass. Daniel Klem estimates that at least 1 billion birds are killed by flying into windows every year in the United States.

In a case that abortion rights supporters are calling a major victory, the Kansas Supreme Court rules that prosecutors cannot have unlimited access to abortion patients' medical records. The case pitted patients' privacy rights against the state's interest in prosecuting certain types of crimes.

Customers and scientists are raising questions about the accuracy of the widely publicized genetic test Baby Gender Mentor. Customers have complained to the Federal Trade Commission. And at least one law enforcement agency is investigating a company that sells the test.

President Bush's top strategist, Karl Rove, agrees to testify a fourth time before a grand jury investigating the unauthorized release of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to reporters. This time, federal prosecutors will not grant Rove immunity -- which could pave the way for an indictment.

A report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research says the U.S. government's method for counting employed Americans could be inflating the numbers, and the true jobless rate could be as high as 6.3 percent. Madeleine Brand talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the controversial findings.

German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer's new documentary features Evelyn Glennie, a deaf percussionist. The director says that just as Glennie feels the sound, he wants his viewers to see it.

Like Sundance, it turns 25 this year and promotes independent films. But that's where the similarities end for the Black Maria Film & Video Festival, which takes short, often experimental films on the road across America.

Amid the hype and the commercials, there's a football game to be played Sunday. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Ron Rapoport and Scott Simon discuss the relative merits of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks.