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Thanks to interleague play, the formerly cursed Boston Red Sox and the perhaps-still-cursed Chicago Cubs are meeting on the field for the first time in 90 years. Melissa Block talks with George Lucas, owner of the famed Cubby Bear sports bar in Chicago. He was at Wrigley Field on Friday for the first game in the series.

Some people cannot live without wheat products while others have to. A component of wheat called gluten has been discovered to trigger allergies, even in small amounts. The federal government will require manufacturers to list wheat among other allergens in food packaging.

At issue was a federal law that has been on the books for 20 years that barred federal candidates from raising more than $250,000 to repay loans made to their campaigns.

The deadline to enroll in the new Medicare drug benefit is March 15 -- but some lawmakers have asked to push that date back, because the plan's rules are too confusing for seniors. President Bush, however, vows there will be no delay. Julie Rovner reports on what's behind the president's decision.

The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether police are required to inform foreign nationals of their right to talk to their countries' consulates when arrested. A 1969 treaty provides that right; the court considers whether police bear the burden of informing the suspect of that right.

It's hard not to notice when 18,000 people pick up and leave town all at once. Each time the soldiers at Fort Stewart are deployed, the residents of Hinesville, Ga., feel the absence keenly.

As illegal immigrants challenge the tough words on Capitol Hill, many established leaders of minority organizations are being left in the dust, trying to figure out where the new movement -- if in fact it is a "movement" -- is headed.

The election of Iraq's first parliament since the fall of Saddam Hussein is a big step in the country's attempt to redefine itself. Security analyst Anthony Cordesman says its just a beginning.

That lighted, flashing floor where John Travolta strutted his stuff in the movie Saturday Night Fever is now the subject of a lawsuit almost as hot as the Bee Gees. Two businessmen are tangling over who owns this piece of disco history.

Lawmakers on Wednesday are expected to press the FDA and formula makers on how the U.S. got into this situation, and what is being done to relieve the shortage.