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Leonid Hurwicz of the University of Minnesota, Eric Maskin of Princeton and Roger Myerson of the University of Chicago share the prize. They were honored for laying the foundation of mechanism design theory.

The Colorado Rockies are going to the World Series for the first time in the team's history, after completing a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks last night. The Rockies will face the winner of the Red Sox/Indians series.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with Palestinian leaders, pushing ahead with preparations for a November peace conference in the U.S.

For the first time since 1898, a new face is being added to the grand staircase in the New York capitol in Albany.

We hear a response to last week's interview with the band Hanson. The show sparked the memory of one listener who attended a concert where Hanson faced a skeptical audience.

For much of the Muslim world, Thursday is the final day of the holy month of Ramadan. In Istanbul, it's a festive time — celebrated with special foods, street fairs and bumper cars. Ivan Watson sends this audio postcard.

There's no end in sight to the political upheavals in Pakistan. On Friday, the supreme court ruled that Saturday's presidential election in parliament and the provincial assemblies can go ahead, but the results will be withheld until the court rules later this month on Pervez Musharraf's eligibility.

Erik Prince, the chairman of the private security company, Blackwater USA, has rejected allegations that his employees have acted inappropriately in Iraq and Afghanistan. The FBI is investigating Blackwater personnel for their role in a shooting two weeks ago that left 11 Iraqis dead.

Christopher McCandless, the subject of the book Into the Wild, lived — and died — in a bus outside Denali National Park in Alaska. The bus became a shrine to him — but now, as a movie version of the book is released, a piece of that bus has been auctioned on eBay.

The U.S. Olympic Team dubbed Marion Jones "the world's fastest mom," but she could not escape the doping charges that have plagued her since she won five medals at the 2000 Olympics. Jones has pleaded guilty to charges connected to steroid use.