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A two-woman play about dealing with HIV, In the Continuum began as a graduate school acting project. Now the off-Broadway show has been named one of the 10 best plays of the year by The New York Times.

Forty years ago, an unknown Scottish folk singer named Donovan Leitch released his first single. "Catch the Wind" was the first in a string of hits that would make Donovan a '60s icon. A new box set, Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan celebrates and explores his career.

In Maryland, the current class of 9th graders will be the first to have to pass an algebra test to graduate from high school. Baltimore County's school system is working to help students by offering parents their own algebra refresher class.

President Bush has called for more than $7 billion to find and guard against any dangerous new strain of influenza. The lawmakers who would have to approve that request generally welcomed the initiative, but some have criticized elements of the plan.

Former Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown testifies Friday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee about the government's response to Hurricane Katrina. Brown was criticized heavily after the storm, but investigators have since uncovered many layers of mistakes, both above and below Brown's pay grade.

British punk/soul/mod rocker Paul Weller's 30-year career included leading the seminal band The Jam, and the neo-soul outfit Style Council. He's had a solo career since 1992 and his new CD is called As Is Now. Day to Day music critic Christian Bordal shares his thoughts on the CD and on Weller.

The Olympic cauldron is lit, signaling the start of the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy. Competition officially begins Saturday. This year's games are under an intense international security plan to monitor possible terrorist threats.

Anger at the government's treatment of a blind whistle-blower in East China boiled over Sunday when villagers clashed with police. Chen Guangcheng has been confined to his house by the local government after uncovering a program of forced sterilizations and abortions.

A respected Democratic lawmaker's call for U.S. troops to withdrawn from Iraq has drawn a response from the White House. The Iraq war topic continued to stay in the spotlight as President Bush attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea.

The House of Representatives is set to vote Friday night on a resolution calling for a quick withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. GOP politicians continue to criticize the proposal's sponsor, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), a former backer of the war and a Vietnam veteran considered a hawk on defense.