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Keri Blakinger, a reporter with The Marshall Project, received word this week that the Florida state prison system placed her book, Corrections in Ink, on a temporary ban.

Erik Prince, the founder and chairman of private security firm Blackwater USA, is due to testify before Congress. He will respond to a report describing the company as irresponsible and trigger-happy.

Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig said Thursday that he intends to keep his seat until his term ends 15 months from now. A Minnesota judge on Thursday rejected Craig's bid to withdraw his guilty plea to misdemeanor disorderly conduct stemming from his arrest in a Minneapolis airport bathroom.

North and South Korea make a historic pledge to move toward a formal peace treaty to replace a cease-fire that has been in place since 1953, when the two sides halted hostilities in a bitter three-year conflict.

The Marine Corps' highest-ranking officer position fell vacant on Monday thanks to a move from Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who continues to block nominations to protest a Pentagon abortion policy.

The United Auto Workers union reached an agreement with Chrysler on a new labor contract after a brief walkout by assembly-line workers Wednesday. The union will now try to reach a new agreement with Ford.

Commencement ceremonies were bittersweet this weekend on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has resigned, in a move that will take effect in June. Until then, he is on administrative leave. Pressure on Wolfowitz to step down has grown since the release of a report on his handling of a 2005 pay raise for his girlfriend — also a bank employee.

The Senate agrees not to try to pass its own war-spending bill just yet, opting instead to resolve the matter first with the House behind closed doors. The Senate voted 94-1 Thursday to advance a resolution that avoids the funding question and instead pledges to support the troops.

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz agreed to leave his post next month, marking the first time in the bank's history that its president has had to resign. Wolfowitz, a former Bush administration official, had been under intense pressure to leave due to allegations that he arranged a promotion and generous pay raise for his girlfriend.