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The Stars and Stripes has been a staple of wartime since World War I, bringing soldiers news from home and the battlefront. The newspaper strives to provide an independent voice while under military control. Some readers and even some of its reporters have claimed the paper is too cozy with the military, while many in the top brass say it's too hostile. NPR's Bob Edwards reports.

Protesters are gathering outside of the Supreme Court following a leaked opinion draft that indicated the Court will overturn Roe v. Wade.

A new company is helping motorists in New York, Washington and San Francisco fight their parking tickets online. Parkingticket.com says customers beat tickets at least 70 percent of the time. San Francisco officials dispute that figure and say motorists don't need help from a private company to get justice in traffic court. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

Ten U.S. states hold Democratic presidential nominating contests Tuesday. At stake are more than half the delegates needed to win the party's nomination. Sen. John Edwards needs to claim multiple victories if he is to stay in the race against frontrunner Sen. John Kerry. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

The leading Democratic presidential candidates rely on their personal experiences to market themselves in political ads meant to bolster their stadings in Tuesday's 10-state showdown. Sen. John Edwards uses his early days in a mill town to stress his commitment to economic issues. Sen. John Kerry relies on his record in Vietnam to show voters he can be trusted to help them on key issues such as health care and education. NPR's John McChesney reports.

Chicago's Joe Vitacco is a freelance embalmer. He works out of his trunk, driving from funeral home to funeral home, plying his trade. He's lasted longer than most in the business, and over a 40-year career, he's worked on 40,000 bodies. Vitacco tells his story to Matt Ozug.

The international community prepares to aid Haiti's return to stability after the exodus of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who stepped aside after months of increasingly violent protests and demonstrations. the United States is preparing to send troops as part of a U.N. effort to stabilize the Caribbean nation. Looting and celebrations were reported to follow the news of Aristide's departure. Hear NPR's Nancy Marshall.

NPR's John Ydstie and New York Times ethicist Randy Cohen discuss the dilemma of a listener identified as "Bob from Michigan," a radio journalist who wants to know if it's ethical for him to get involved in politics.

Half a century ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against segregation in schools. Yet patterns of housing and immigration have created in many areas schools that are extremely segregated. NPR's Claudio Sanchez and NPR's Ina Jaffe report from California, where in some places, the level of segregation is as intense as any in 1954.

For students getting busted with a fake ID, it's a college rite of passage that quickly evolved into thousands of dollars in legal fees.

Spanish police arrest five more people in connection with the March 11 terrorist attack on the Madrid train system. Investigators believe some of the suspects are linked to suicide bombings in Casablanca last May. The Madrid attack's death toll rose to 202 when a 22-year-old Peruvian woman died of wounds suffered in the blast. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Sylvia Poggioli.

NPR's Steve Inskeep in Baghdad reports on the growing U.S.-trained Iraqi police force, which has become a target for insurgents in the country. More than 100 policemen have been killed in the past year in Baghdad alone.

Those final minutes of the day, when parents everywhere are trying to get restless kids to settle down and go to bed, are what Wynton Marsalis calls "the magic hour." It's also the title of the acclaimed trumpeter's new CD, which he says celebrates the childishness in all of us.

A fierce debate erupts in the House over a Republican-backed resolution commending U.S. troops for their valor and declaring the world a safer place after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Outraged Democrats accuse the Bush administration of misleading the public about Iraq's banned weapons and of discrediting U.S. foreign policy around the world. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

The draft — showing the conservative majority ready to overturn Roe v. Wade — will have wide-ranging ramifications, from pressure to end the filibuster to more distrust of the confirmation process.

The U.S. military says a suicide car bombing caused the massive explosion that destroyed the Mount Lebanon Hotel in downtown Baghdad Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens of people. But on the streets, angry Iraqis blame U.S. missiles for the blast. Meanwhile in Baquba, at least six people are killed in two separate attacks on Iraqi journalists and a U.S.-funded TV station. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

NPR's Juan Williams talks with Gen. Pete Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the status of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pace says the military has gotten better about troop rotation, and that morale is good overall.

Political observers are closely watching the race to win the Illinois Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Peter Fitzgerald. Many see Democratic candidate Barack Obama as his party's best chance to overturn the Republican majority in the Senate. If elected, Obama would become the third African-American senator since Reconstruction. Hear NPR's David Schaper.

President Bush and Vice President Cheney will face questions Thursday from members of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Bush and Cheney will not be under oath during the private session. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

The shirt was worn by the Argentine soccer legend when he scored the controversial "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup.

Judge Robert Olson rejected an argument from defense lawyers that Clarence Dixon's psychological problems prevent him from rationally understanding why the state wants to end his life.

Brazil expels New York Times reporter Larry Rohter for suggesting in an article that Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has a drinking problem. The Brazilian government says Rohter's article was "a lie and offensive to the president." The Times says it believes the article was accurate. NPR's Martin Kaste reports.

The U.S. Army internal report on the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison is classified. The publisher of a newsletter that tracks government secrecy says that classification violates U.S. government rules. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists.

Researchers say that on an average basis, it's possible to match dogs with their owners, based on criteria of owner selections and purebred characteristics. Researchers tested 45 dogs and owners for University of California at San Diego psychology professor Nicholas Christenfeld's study, Do Dogs Resemble Their Owners?. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Christenfeld.

President Bush says he's come away feeling good about his Oval Office meeting with the Sept. 11 commission. He and Vice President Cheney spent more than three hours in a private session with the panel. Bush says he answered the panel's every question, but would not divulge other details of a meeting he described as "cordial." Hear NPR News.