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Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins testifies against former chairman Kenneth Lay. Watkins met with Lay four months before the company went bankrupt, and warned him about accounting problems. Prosecutors hope her testimony will show that Lay made intentionally misleading statements to investors.

The Conservative Political Action Conference is in Hungary this week, with a keynote from Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He has clamped down on democratic institutions and targeted minority groups.

In the Galapagos Islands, conservationists say marine life is being depleted while fishermen say their livelihoods are at stake. But a boost in tourism may provide a compromise.

Utah has led state opposition to the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Now U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is applying pressure, saying Utah should worry more about educating minority students than concerns about the law. Jennifer Brundin of NPR station KUER reports.

For more than a century, collectors and developers in Florida have stripped the state of its native orchids. Now, a team of scientists is working to reintroduce the plants to the swamps where they once flourished.

Want to have a private chat in public? Our Day to Day technology correspondent reports on a new technology that can protect conversations in a small, otherwise open space from eavesdroppers -- get the buzz on Babble.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is often where the "next big thing" in computer games becomes clear. This year it's Sony and Microsoft battling for control of your living room with their new game consoles, the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Both will allow users to watch movies, show pictures and connect to the internet.

In 2007, Russia launched the first nation-on-nation cyberattack against Estonia. Now, the lessons learned from "Web War I" are being used in the cyberdefense of Ukraine.

Noel King talks to Dave Wasserman from the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, who discusses emerging trends in U.S. House races. He studies the ins and outs of all 435 congressional districts.

Missouri candidate for U.S. Senate Eric Greitens says his recent controversial ad was supposed to be "humorous." The move might backfire if voters aren't up to the glorification of violence.