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Poet W.S. Merwin talks about his memoir, The Mays of Ventadorn, that covers his time in the French countryside. Merwin lived in southern France during the 1950s, and became enchanted by the language of the Troubadours, poet-musicians from 800 years before.

For decades, basketball has been an all-consuming passion on Native American reservations. But few native players get to play college ball, and none has ever played in the NBA. As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, the sponsors of a new tournament -- the Native American Basketball Invitational -- hope to change that. See pictures from the tournament.

At least seven people are killed in an explosion outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad. Two U.S. soldiers are killed in a gun battle in another part of the Iraqi capital. And in Tikrit, the U.S. military captures at least four suspected Iraqi guerrilla fighters. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels and NPR's Ivan Watson.

The Galileo spacecraft is sending back its final signals to Earth as its eight-year mission to Jupiter comes to an end. NASA mission managers are sending the spacecraft to its death by crashing it into the giant planet. NPR's Joe Palca reports.

Woody Allen has a new movie out -- not that you can tell from the preview. NPR's Bob Mondello has this review of Anything Else, starring Christina Ricci and Jason Biggs.

The world's nerve center for disease detection is located in Geneva, Switzerland, at the World Health Organization. They've found a new way of combating disease, trying to spot it at its earliest stages and nip it in bud. WHO looks at what's going on everyday everywhere, assisted heavily by the Web. No longer can countries hide and obfuscate outbreaks, or even minimize them. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

NASA's Galileo space probe burns up after plunging into Jupiter's murky atmosphere. The spacecraft's demise was planned as a way to protect future missions searching for possible life on Jupiter's moons. Pat Duggins of member station WMFE reports.

U.S. Iraq administrator Paul Bremer appears before a Senate panel to defend President Bush's $87 billion funding request for U.S. operations in Iraq. Bremer warns that if Congress fails to approve more than $20 billion earmarked for reconstruction efforts, Iraq could become a haven for terrorists. Hear NPR's David Welna.

Bill Gates says his foundation will donate $51.2 million to help start 67 small high schools in New York City. The Microsoft founder and chairman says the effort will help poor and minority students prepare for college and for jobs in today's economy. Hear Renee Montagne's extended interview with the software billionaire.

Three American soldiers die and two others are wounded in an ambush near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. Meanwhile, U.S. officials appear on Iraqi television asking Saddam's former defense minister, Sultan Hashim Ahmed, to surrender. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.

The bells of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., tolled Monday in remembrance of the four girls who were killed in a bombing at the church 40 years ago. Melanie Peeples reports.

With 11 children, Jim and Janice Narel say the most important thing they have to offer their large family is clear, consistent values. The Narels' story is the latest in Susan Stamberg's series on contemporary ethics.

The recent attacks on the Jordanian embassy and the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad revive calls for an increase in the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. But the Pentagon says it has no plans to send in reinforcements, arguing that more Iraqis need to be pressed into policing and security roles. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

This summer, All Things Considered is airing portions of stump speeches from the candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. On Monday's show we hear an excerpt of a speech from Sen. Bob Graham of Florida.

Thousands of Shiite Muslims protest peacefully at the headquarters of U.S.-led forces in Baghdad, accusing them of doing little to stop a weekend of ethnic bloodshed and a recent attack on a Shiite cleric. In Washington, U.S. civil administrator Paul Bremer says troops face a "growing threat" of terrorism, but that security is "not as bad as people think it is." Hear NPR's Anne Garrels and Bremer.

Each Tuesday in August, Katie Davis takes All Things Considered to the Walter Pierce Community Park in Washington, D.C. Davis lives near the park and knows it very well. In the last segment in her series on park life, Davis offers a poetic introduction to Leah, one of the many personalities that make the park unique.

For the fourth and final part of her series on ethics, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with Coleen Rowley, who became famous last year for blowing the whistle on the FBI. Rowley complained that the agency had brushed off warnings about terrorism prior to the Sept. 11 attacks. She now speaks about ethics to children, business groups and colleagues.

A U.S. soldier is killed in a roadside bombing in Fallujah and another dies in an ambush on a military convoy in Baghdad. As attacks in Iraq continue, U.S.-led forces announce plans to put 28,000 new Iraqi police recruits through intensive training at a U.S. base in Hungary. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

Outfielders carry lifelong memories of how their first gloves smelled and felt. Catchers swear by their favorite glove model. On Morning Edition, NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Noah Liberman, the author of Glove Affairs, a book tracing the history and tradition of baseball players' favorite piece of equipment. Read an excerpt, hear interviews and see photos of players and their gloves.

U.S. officials criticize the Arab media for what they call biased and inaccurate reporting meant to incite violence against U.S. troops. And some Iraqis support the claim, accusing Arab satellite networks of romanticizing Saddam Hussein and of stirring up anti-American sentiment. Arab media directors defend their coverage. Hear NPR's Kate Seelye.

On this Labor Day, we pay tribute to the librarian. Librarians feed our hunger for knowledge, they steer us down the proper research path, they find us sources and dig out obscure facts. And though their efforts often go unheralded, now librarians are represented by an action figure. NPR's Melissa Block talks with the model for the figure, Nancy Pearl.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he would have resigned if a BBC report had been right in claiming his government exaggerated an intelligence report on the threat posed by Iraq's weapons program. Blair's statements came during testimony before a judicial inquiry investigating issues related to the case the British government made for war. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Patrick Schneider, photographer for the Charlotte Observer, about the ethics of using traditional photo-altering techniques in news photography.

U.S. forces capture the former senior Iraqi official known as "Chemical Ali." U.S. officials initially said Ali Hassan al-Majid had died in an April airstrike, but later learned he was still alive. Al-Majid, No. 5 on the U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis, received his nickname for his alleged role in 1988 poison gas attacks on Iraqi civilians. Hear Ambassador Peter Galbraith.

U.S. Iraq administrator Paul Bremer says that despite Tuesday's bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, the country is not in chaos. Investigators theorize the attackers were either Saddam loyalists or outside militants who infiltrated Iraq. The FBI says it has found evidence suggesting the attack was a suicide bombing. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.