By PHILIP SHENON and ELISABETH BUMILLER

President Bush bowed agreed to allow Condoleezza Rice to testify in public and under oath before the 9/11 panel.

By TODD S. PURDUM

Ralph Nader, who plans to raise at least $15 million for his campaign, said he will take votes from disaffected Republicans.

By PAM BELLUCK

Same-sex couples living in states where laws ban gay marriage will not be able to marry in Massachusetts.

By JO NAPOLITANO

More than 50 people were injured when the porch, which was holding more than 100 partygoers, collapsed last July.

By MATTHEW L. WALD

In an effort to revive the nuclear reactor construction industry, seven major companies say that they will apply for a license to build a new commercial power plant.

By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.

House Republican leaders barely defeated a nonbinding resolution favoring new restrictions on future tax cuts that are the centerpiece of President Bush's economic program.

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON

President Bush campaigned in Wisconsin, saying he was optimistic about the economy and urging Americans to have faith in their competitive ability.

By LINDA GREENHOUSE

The court ruled that the release of the death-scene photographs would be an unwarranted invasion of the privacy of Vincent W. Foster's surviving family members.

By LINDA GREENHOUSE

The growing use of the the Alien Tort Statute has alarmed the international business community, which has seen several lawsuits brought against multinationals for their practices abroad.

CALIFORNIA: Man Jumps to His Death From Plane.

ILLINOIS: City to Pay Wrongly Convicted Man.

TEXAS: Crash Victims Are Recovered; TEXAS: Mother in Double Killing Is Called Delusional.

WASHINGTON: Suit Seeks Halt in Columbia River Dredging.

LOUISIANA: Police Cleared Of Civil Rights Violations.

OKLAHOMA: Federal Complaint Against School.

By KATIE ZEZIMA

Despite assurances to the contrary from historians and from the poem's author, Holliston, Mass., and Stockton, Calif., both claim to have been the inspiration of "Casey at the Bat."

By ROBERT PEAR

The Senate voted for a significant increase in money to provide child care to welfare recipients and other low-income families.

By DAVID E. SANGER

Executive privilege is often asserted as an inviolate principle in the Bush White House. Until the pressure starts.

By NEIL A. LEWIS

The doctrine of executive privilege is widely viewed as one of the most ambiguous concepts in constitutional law.

By ADAM LIPTAK

In addition, the precise status of false statements made to the 9/11 commission, whether under oath or not, is clouded by its hybrid nature.

By JODI WILGOREN

John Kerry blamed the Bush administration's energy policies on Tuesday for the nation's rising fuel costs.

By CARL HULSE

The conservative author of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act predicted that the current law would survive court challenges.