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The city has said it would use $8 million in federal stimulus money to make the improvements. It will also be required to invest at least $220,000 in projects to improve local waters and estuaries.

Singer, songwriter and music producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds talks about his return to the world of R&B with the release of his newest CD, Grown and Sexy.

New developments add to the confusion in the case of New York Times reporter Judith Miller, one of the reporters who was told the identity of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame.

Early unofficial returns indicate Iraqi voters approved their new constitution in Saturday's referendum. President Bush congratulated Iraqis on successfully completing the vote. He said the level of participation by Iraq's Sunni Arabs was "good news."

Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers met with Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats Monday. Hearings on Miers' nomination are scheduled for next month, and Democrats are moving gingerly to determine their approach.

President Bush installs John Bolton as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, making a recess appointment to circumvent the Senate, where Democrats blocked approval of the nominee. Bolton will be able to serve until a new Congress forms in 2007.

In two weeks, some 50,000 Israeli soldiers and police expect to remove Israeli settlements -- and their supporters -- in Gaza. The troops involved have been undergoing mental and physical training for the duty. They expect the settlers to appeal to their patriotism, and at the same time to resist, using all sorts of unexpected tactics.

Members of a parliamentary committee in Iraq say they can draft the country's new constitution by the Aug. 15 deadline. Committee members face intense pressure from the United States to meet the deadline. So far, sectarian and religious differences have plagued the work of the drafting committee.

Protagonist Abel Crofton, a 45-year-old recovering alcoholic shaped by his upbringing in New York, searches for spiritual fulfillment in the Dutch city. Heather Neff tells Ed Gordon her novel juxtaposes very different worlds that are closer than a first glance reveals.

Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary, testifies in Congress about protecting local transit systems from terrorist attacks. Democrats are questioning the Bush administration's spending priorities and security for mass transit.

Last week's attacks are believed to mark the first suicide bombings in Western Europe. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports on the implications of the spread of a tactic that's long been mostly a phenomenon of the Middle East and Iraq.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist is in the hospital. His spokeswoman at the Supreme Court says he went in because of a fever, and is being held for tests and observation. The chief justice is suffering from thyroid cancer, but he has confounded the pundits in Washington, who have long predicted his retirement.

Mimi Valdes is editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine and a commentator for TV specials such as Black in the 80s. Her booklist features a mix of new fiction, classic drama and nonfiction.

Monica Brady-Myerov of member station WBUR reports on new security cameras in Chelsea, Mass., that will put most of the city under video surveillance. Residents and business owners have differing opinions on how effective the cameras will be in deterring crime.

Despite Washington's focus on the war in Ukraine, the White House is trying to demonstrate that it is stepping up in the Asia-Pacific.

How do we open ourselves to the connections that can unite us even across racial, political or religious differences? Iranian-born writer Azar Nafisi finds the answer in a classic of American literature.

Ed Gordon discusses Wednesday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery with NASA's acting chief operating officer Frederick Gregory, a veteran of three shuttle flights and the first African-American shuttle commander. It is the first shuttle mission since February 2003, when the Columbia shuttle broke apart while re-entering Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.

Bernard Ebbers, who as the once-swaggering CEO of WorldCom oversaw the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history, wept in court Wednesday after a judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison -- the toughest sentence yet in the string of recent corporate scandals.

Cambodian musician Daran Kravanh survived the "killing fields" and genocide under the Khmer Rouge regime, with the help of an unlikely ally: an accordion. Being a musician kept him alive during the brutal antil-Western genocide.

British novelist Ian McEwan discusses how Londoners are reacting to this week's terrorist attacks. He says people in the city remained remarkably calm in the face of the attacks, and that the bombings actually brought out a sense of solidarity among the city's diverse population.

Celebrated film producer Richard Zanuck, whose latest movie is director Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, discusses his wide-ranging career and Hollywood today.

StoryCorps, the oral history project, opens a new recording booth in New York, at the site of the World Trade Center. An initial piece of the planned memorial, the booth will provide a way for those who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001, to share their stories.

Karen Grigsby Bates examines the international tension caused by a Mexican postage stamp that some Americans feel is racially offensive. The stamp celebrates Memin Pinguin, a beloved icon in Mexican popular culture for almost 40 years, with a story line that's part Dennis the Menace and part Little Black Sambo.

Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff announces changes to his agency, including more centralized intelligence gathering, stronger border protection and better transportation security.

Relations between the White House and its press corps have turned sour this week over the Karl Rove controversy. ABC correspondent Ann Compton about the storied relationship between journalists and presidential administrations. Compton's White House career has spanned six Presidents.