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The White House is trying to contain possible damage from a Pentagon report on abuse of the Quran at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Presidential spokesman Scott McClellan says the media is blowing "isolated incidents" out of proportion.

Is the red-hot housing market a bubble about to burst? Madeleine Brand talks to Yale University economics professor Robert Shiller about the fate of the national housing market. Shiller calls the housing market a "bubble" -- meaning prices are out of touch with economic reality -- and predicts the market will collapse. The only question, he says, is when.

The emotional letters from fallen soldiers in Iraq are the subject of a new HBO documentary, Last Letters Home: Voices of Americans from the Battle of Iraq. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to Academy Award-winner Couturié, the director and producer of the film, and Cathy Heighter, mother of soldier Rasheen Heighter.

Scientists say the arthritis drug Bextra may pose increased risk of cardiovascular troubles. Bextra is related to Vioxx, which was pulled off the market in September for the same reason. Now, doctors worry that all related drugs could cause similar problems. Hear NPR's Richard Knox.

Researchers in London who analyzed the final novel by author Iris Murdoch have detected signs of Alzheimer's disease in the book's language. Murdoch wrote Jackson's Dilemma just before she was diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Dr. Peter Garrard, lead author of the study.

Mexican singer Vivir Quintana talks about her latest song, 'El Corrido de Milo Vela,' which tells the story of one of the many journalists who have been murdered in Mexico for doing their jobs.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the recent plunge in value of the U.S. dollar on the international money market, and how that could fuel inflation in the United States.

In a Morning Edition commentary, Melissa Herman describes hearing bad news about Iraq and fearing the worst about her husband, an Army helicopter pilot deployed there. Her essay is part of a project National Endowment for the Arts called Operation Homecoming.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, announces he is resigning, becoming the eighth member of President Bush's cabinet to step down since the election. Thompson said more than a year ago that he didn't plan to stay past 2004. Hear NPR's Julie Rovner.

Rob Schmitz from member station KPCC in Los Angeles, Calif., reports that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County in Southern California has reached a settlement in 87cases of clergy sexual abuse. It is the first-ever group settlement against the Roman Catholic Church in California.

With major fighting in Fallujah over, attention now turns to the civilian population. Saa'id Hakki, chairman of the Iraqi Red Crescent, talks about the current humanitarian situation in and around the war-torn city. Hear Hakki and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The state reported at 74,060 residents had died as of a Thursday count, up from 73,830 reported two weeks earlier.

Detroit Public Radio's Celeste Headlee talks to Muslims in Michigan about how they're observing Ramadan, the holy month of fasting and prayer. The report is the first in a series of Day to Day profiles of celebrations across the nation.

Visit Florida has drawn praise the past few years for its marketing work amid crises such as toxic algae outbreaks and the COVID-19 pandemic.

A habitat in southern Florida is home to a small grove of rare slash pines -- a keystone species of the pine rocklands, one of the most endangered forest types in the world. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on the efforts of a crusading biologist to make a "genetic map" of the tree before another hurricane kills off the species forever.

This week with the Ethicist, we'll hear from some listeners who wrote in with suggestions for the ethical use of old furs. Also, NPR's Jennifer Ludden and New York Times ethicist Randy Cohen talk to a listener who's conflicted about supporting the Boy Scouts.

Ukraine's Parliament passes a no-confidence motion rebuking the prime minister's government. Meanwhile, European mediators renew efforts to resolve the crisis triggered by last month's disputed presidential election. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

Just back from building more homes for the poor of Mexico, Jimmy Carter talks presidential politics with NPR's Tavis Smiley.

President Bush and Sen. Kerry are hopscotching the battleground states all day and late into the evening. They're focusing on getting their supporters to the polls, rather than changing anyone's mind. We talk with former presidential candidate Howard Dean and Doug Chapin, director of electionline.org.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, about a new exhibit featuring the remains and possessions of King Tutankhamun.

This year's tight presidential race has contributed to strong efforts to encourage Native Americans to vote -- and to make sure their voting rights are protected. Wisconsin Public Radio's Brian Bull reports.

An American Marine is shown on videotape shooting an apparently unarmed and wounded Iraqi man in a mosque in the city of Fallujah. The incident was caught on camera by an American TV journalist. The Marine has been withdrawn from the battlefield while the U.S. military conducts an investigation. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

NPR's Alex Chadwick and Michael Nardotti, a former judge advocate general for the U.S. Army, discuss video footage released Monday of a U.S. Marine shooting an apparently unarmed, wounded Iraqi man inside a Fallujah mosque.

Ayesha Rascoe talks with David Cohen, law professor at Drexel University, about potential conflicts between states should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Anne Sears, a former Alaska State Trooper, who was recently appointed Alaska's first dedicated investigator of missing and murdered Indigenous people.