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Democratic Party candidates won a majority in both the House of Representatives and Senate in last week's midterm elections. But the current Republican majority still has some time left before the new Congress meets in January.

A Marine was sentenced Wednesday for the murder of an Iraqi civilian in the village of Hamdania. Pvt. John Jodka could have been locked away for five years, but he received a reduced sentence of 18 months after agreeing to testify against the rest of his platoon's involvement in the crime.

A performance and chat with musician Stephin Merritt and author David Handler (a.k.a Lemony Snicket) about The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events. Merritt, of The Magnetic Fields, contributed his talents to the soundtrack.

President Bush meets with chief executives from GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler in the Oval Office, urging them to become competitive in a difficult global environment. In addition to competition from Japan, trade restrictions and foreign-currency manipulation are on the agenda.

Sony's much anticipated PlayStation 3 came out on Friday. With it came long lines, bidding wars on eBay and even some violence.

Melissa Block talks with New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas D. Kristof. Kristof just returned from eastern Chad, where he was reporting on the violence that has spread there from Darfur. Kristof has chastised the international community for its lack of action in the region; the United Nations has recognized the events as genocide.

Nintendo's Wii videogame system is hitting the market at about the same time as Sony's PlayStation 3. But the two boxes are aimed at different people.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will step down and former CIA Director Robert Gates has been nominated to replace him at the Pentagon. Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie talks about how the shift at the Pentagon will might change efforts to combat violence in the country.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman died Thursday at the age of 94. He is famous for pioneering ideas about free markets and individual freedoms.

The Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan panel brainstorming options and solutions for the U.S.-led occupation, is expected to deliver its recommendations on options to President Bush later this year.