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Bernard Ebbers, who as the once-swaggering CEO of WorldCom oversaw the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history, wept in court Wednesday after a judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison -- the toughest sentence yet in the string of recent corporate scandals.

Last week's attacks are believed to mark the first suicide bombings in Western Europe. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports on the implications of the spread of a tactic that's long been mostly a phenomenon of the Middle East and Iraq.

Mimi Valdes is editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine and a commentator for TV specials such as Black in the 80s. Her booklist features a mix of new fiction, classic drama and nonfiction.

A dispute over who deserved money from an oil company ended with a government attack on the town of Odioma, Nigeria, that left the community in tatters. Some residents were killed and others made homeless.

Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip beginning next week will uproot some 8,000 Jewish settlers. The planned pullout has provoked deep divisions within Israel. Among Palestinians, the move brings much confusion and uncertainty about what the withdrawal will mean.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard invokes a new state law in an effort to seize control of the school district in Colorado City, Ariz. Goddard says district funds have been drained to benefit a polygamist group and school officials.

As President Bush prepares to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a battle looms among various groups on the political spectrum. NPR looks back at recent Supreme Court confirmation fights.

As part of the Span of War Series, NPR's Joseph Shapiro concludes a two-part story on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Herold Noel is a veteran of the war in Iraq, with PTSD. In this segment, Noel talks about the groups that helped him find a place to live and find some purpose in his life.

John Richardson Jr.'s father was CIA station chief in Saigon in the early 1960s. But the senior Richardson said little about his job until late in life. His son builds on the recollections for an "investigative memoir."

Tom Marzolf, president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, keeps two books within easy reach. The Bible is one. Golf Architecture, by course design pioneer Alistair MacKenzie, is another. Marzolf tells Liane Hansen what else he enjoys reading.