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In Baghdad, delegates at a U.S.-led meeting of Iraqi groups agree to meet within a month to select members of an interim government. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States plans to reduce its military presence in the Persian Gulf region and is considering relocating a combat air command center from Saudi Arabia to Qatar. Hear NPR News.

After two months of the Bush campaign's television advertising blitz, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry is airing commercials that aim to make him better known to the American electorate, explain his position on Iraq, shed light on his national priorities and counter the Bush campaign's anti-Kerry message. NPR's John McChesney reports.

Relatives of victims who died in the attack on the World Trade Center don't like the fact that President Bush is using images from "Ground Zero" in his campaign ads, and are calling on the president to pull the commercials from the air. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

Troops from the First Marine Division blockading the Iraqi town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, conduct several raids into the city, supported by air strikes. U.S.-led forces captured a number of Iraqi insurgents and at least two Sudanese suspected of helping the insurgents manufacture explosives. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and reporter Eric Niiler of member station KPBS in San Diego.

An Israeli air strike kills the spiritual leader of Hamas, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, a quadriplegic, as he exited a mosque in Gaza City. Seven other people die in the attack, including bodyguards. Thousands of Palestinians take to the streets in protest. Militant Palestinian groups have vowed revenge. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon.

The White House releases pay records and other information about President Bush's time in the National Guard. The White House said the new documents support the president's contention that he fulfilled his duty as a member of the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. Democratic presidential candidates had begun to take up the question of Bush's military service. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Filmmaker Ric Burns' new documentary is a history of the World Trade Center. The Center of the World airs Monday, Sept. 8, as part of the American Experience series on PBS. It's the final episode in Burns' New York: A Documentary Film. Burns speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

HBO is now airing the second season of Project Greenlight, a reality TV show that focuses on aspiring screenwriters and directors who earn a chance to make a movie for Miramax. Winners star in a behind-the-scenes look at the movie business. But what happens to those who miss the cut? NPR's Lynn Neary reports.

Sixty years ago, a string of scandals emerged around "fixed" TV quiz shows. When the popular program Dotto was suddenly pulled from the air, answers were difficult to come by. The scandals changed the business of television in the U.S.

Actor David Duchovny stars in the new Showtime series Californication, which is basically about a lot of sex. The actor, best known for his role as Agent Fox Mulder on the TV's The X-Files, earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a graduate degree in English Lit at Yale University.