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NPR's Eric Westervelt filed an audio postcard of a memorial service for a fallen American soldier in northern Iraq. See photos of the memorial.

English police discover the body of a man believed to be a missing weapons expert at the center of a controversy over Britain's prewar intelligence on Iraq. David Kelly, a former weapons inspector, was named as the primary source for a BBC report that claimed the British government doctored evidence on Iraq's weapons capabilities. Hear Jef McAllister of Time magazine.

Host Bob Edwards catches up with freshmen Sens. Mark Pryor and John Sununu, six months into their first term in the United States Senate. It's Edwards' third visit with Pryor, a Democrat from Arkansas, and Sununu, a Republican from New Hampshire, since they were elected in November.

NPR's Don Gonyea talks with NPR's Melissa Block about the visit of British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Washington today. Blair addressed a joint session of Congress, and later met with the President at the White House. The two leaders later held a joint news conference. We'll hear excerpts from the day's events.

Writer Joseph McElroy's latest work is Actress in the House, another in a series of complex novels. He discusses the writer's craft with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

An American soldier is killed and another wounded outside Baghdad when their convoy is hit by rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire, U.S. Central Command says. The attack comes a day after Gen. John Abizaid, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, predicts that resistance to American troops will increase in the coming months. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

A senior Defense Department official tells NPR that Saddam Hussein's former security chief and bodyguard has positively identified two men killed in Iraq as Saddam's sons, Uday and Qusay. The men were shot during a raid by U.S. forces in the town of Mosul. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

Newsman Walter Cronkite recalls the United Press World War II radio drama that used actors to portray its reporters in the field. While the real Walter Cronkite was covering the air war over Germany, an actor played "Walter Cronkite" in the series, 'Soldiers of the Press,' as part of a media public relations war.

A 26-year-old woman had been charged with murder after authorities said she caused "the death of an individual by self-induced abortion." A district attorney says she should not be prosecuted.

Three U.S. soldiers are killed in northern Iraq when their convoy is hit by gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades. In Washington, military officials acknowledge open-ended deployments cause stress for soldiers and announce a long-awaited plan for replacing forces in Iraq with new troops. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

NPR's Ketzel Levine goes for a hike in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness a year after the Biscuit Fire of 2002, and finds new life and beauty in the aftermath.

U.S. civilian administrator Paul Bremer heads to Capitol Hill to brief members of Congress on U.S. efforts to rebuild Iraq. The meetings come as Republicans defend the Bush administration's record in Iraq. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says more than 80 percent of the Iraqi population is living in a "more secure environment" than before the war. Hear NPR's David Welna.

A U.S. soldier and his Iraqi interpreter are killed in a grenade and small arms attack in Baghdad. The incident comes as U.S. civilian administrator Paul Bremer, in Washington to brief Bush administration officials, says U.S. forces are making progress against guerrilla-type resistance from remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime. NPR's Juan Williams talks to Bremer.

It might sound a little crazy, letting just anyone write whatever they want on your Web site. But that's just what Wikis are designed for. Wikipedia.org, for example, lets the public collaborate to build a surprisingly accurate encyclopedia. Commentator David Weinberger says wikis are one example of "social software," intended to allow people to work together with ease.

Robert Siegel talks to Jason Freeman, a Columbia University doctoral student in music, who has created a software, called N.A.G., that makes music montages off music-sharing networks. It relies on the way music files are downloaded -- some faster than others -- and puts items together that come from a word-search. Freeman likes the random nature of his creation, but not all of the results.

At the U.N. Security council, three delegates of Iraq's U.S.-appointed governing council outline an ambitious reform program for the nation, from politics to education to the justice system. Most Security Council members welcome the appointment of the governing council, but call for a timetable for ending the U.S. military occupation. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry -- dubbed the "Spartan Brigade" -- were the first U.S. troops to enter Baghdad. But instead of going home, they patrol the dangerous streets of Fallujah and will soon regroup in Kuwait to act as a reserve force. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

President Bush hails the deaths of Saddam Hussein's two sons, who were killed in a gun battle with U.S. forces Tuesday. Bush says their deaths are a sign that the former Iraqi leader's regime "is gone and will not be coming back." Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

Host Steve Inskeep talks to ethicist Randy Cohen about a problem sent in by a listener in Rhode Island, who's employed by a cash-strapped company that chronically fails to pay its suppliers.

Pfc. Jessica Lynch returns home to a flag-waving welcome in Palestine, W.Va., and speaks to the media for the first time since her dramatic rescue in April. Lynch had been recuperating at an Army hospital in Washington, D.C., from injuries she received when her unit was ambushed in Iraq March 23. Hear Jeff Young of West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

News analyst Daniel Schorr says weeks after the Africa-uranium story hit the headlines, the Bush administration is still struggling to get its story straight.

Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questions the Bush administration's handling of post-war Iraq. Lugar suggests the administration has not been forthcoming with the Congress or the American people about the costs of rebuilding Iraq. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

A roadside bomb explodes near a U.S. military convoy north of Baghdad, killing an American soldier and his Iraqi interpreter. U.S. military commanders predict Iraqi resistance fighters will step up their attacks in the coming weeks. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

British garden expert Keith Wiley visits the Pacific Northwest in a search for the demure bulb Americans call the trout lily or the dog-tooth violet. NPR's Ketzel Levine hunts along with him. View photos from the Olympic Peninsula, and from Wiley's Garden House in Devon, England.

Seventy years ago this spring, university students all across Germany burned books deemed contrary to Nazi ideology. NPR's Emily Harris reports on the lifelong pursuit of a German war veteran to restore a literary legacy that was nearly lost. See archive photos from the book-burning rallies, and hear one witness recount what he saw at a 1933 rally in Berlin.