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NASA prepares to launch a space probe Monday that will conduct an expedition to the planet Mercury. The Messenger craft is slated to arrive at Mercury in 2011. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

The U.S. men's basketball team lost to Argentina Friday -- and thus will not win the gold medal. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

Bill Cohen of Ohio Public Radio reports on the battle over an anti-gay-marriage ballot issue that's forging some unusual alliances.

Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign is pointing fingers at the Bush administration for not doing enough to prevent the flu vaccine shortage. The Bush camp says that claim is outrageous. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

This year, both parties have placed a bigger bet than ever on the votes of Spanish-speaking Americans. NPR's John Burnett reports.

The Republican attorney general of Ohio has filed an emergency appeal with a federal appeals court, trying to keep alive a series of challenges to 35,000 new voter registrations in Ohio. Hear reporter Janet Babin of member station WCPN.

U.S. Marines are making final preparations for an offensive against Fallujah, a stronghold of insurgents in Iraq. A 60-day state of emergency was called Sunday for most of the nation. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Scientists Tuesday night will get their first ever close-up look at Titan, one of Saturn's moons. In December, Cassini will send a probe down through the atmosphere. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

In Wisconsin, people are celebrating a retro yuletide tradition: the aluminum Christmas tree. In 1959, the Aluminum Specialty Company rolled out the Evergleam, the first mass-produced aluminum tree on the market. Wisconsin Public Radio's Patty Murray reports.

Akin Fernandez's obsession with "numbers stations" — broadcasts of seemingly random numbers sequences that still remain officially a mystery — led to a CD set compiling off-air recordings. It's become a cult hit. Matt Cowan reports.