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Scientists exploring the Gulf of Mexico have discovered seeps in the seabed that resemblesa paved road. Around the asphalt seeps are colonies of shrimp, mussels and tubeworms living off the chemicals from the ocean-floor vent. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Shaul Bakhash, professor of Middle East history at George Mason University, about the significance of the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq. Holes are visible in the shrine's dome after heavy fighting in the city. Coalition authorities say they didn't do it, and have suggested the blame might lie with forces loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

The Bush administration is determined to paint the U.S. guards at Abu Ghraib as "a few bad apples" -- but many analysts see the abuses in Iraq as a result of the policies used in the war on terror. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports on how churches must approach politics if they want to keep their tax exemptions. Discussing issues is fine, but endorsing or criticizing candidates by name is not.

Google Inc., the company behind the Internet's most popular search engine, files its long-awaited plans for an initial public offering. The prospect of a Google IPO has kept Silicon Valley abuzz all year. Google said it expects to raise $2.7 billion through the stock sale, but the first day of trading is likely months away. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is once again acting to remove the names of convicted felons from the voting rolls. But civil rights groups say the state is still reeling from the 2000 election, when many African Americans and Hispanics were incorrectly listed as ineligible to vote. NPR's Tavis Smiley discusses the issues with Buddy Johnson, supervisor of elections for Hillsborough County in Florida, and Barbara Arnwine, executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Colin Fogarty of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on challenges being made to Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which allows the practice of assisted suicide.

The growing number of wireless gadgets, from cell phones and WiFi devices to GPS receivers, is creating a traffic jam on the electromagnetic spectrum. The FCC is looking for strategies that encourage new technologies, while keeping signals clear. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

A pastoral letter issued by a Roman Catholic bishop in Colorado states that parishioners voting for officials supporting abortion rights be denied communion. The bishop also would deny communion for supporters of stem-cell research, gay marriage or euthanasia. NPR's Jeff Brady reports.

Graduation season has arrived and thousands of college seniors are about to leave school with a diploma -- and quite often a lot of debt, too. School loans will have to be repaid, student credit cards have to be paid off and mom and dad may not be as willing to help out with extra cash. To help students sort through money issues NPR's Alex Chadwick turns to Michelle Singletary, who writes the syndicated column "The Color of Money" for The Washington Post and is author of the book 7 Money Mantras for a Richer Life.

Attorney General John Ashcroft says the United States has credible intelligence that al Qaeda operatives are planning an attack inside the U.S. within the next few months, though a specific time, place or method of attack isn't mentioned. Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller re-release photos of seven suspected al Qaeda operatives and ask the public's help in finding them. Hear NPR News.

U.S. troops and Iraqi police raid the home and offices of the Ahmed Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi National Congress party. Chalabi, a member of the U.S.-appointed governing council, condemned the raid. An Iraqi judge said it was carried out on the basis of an arrest warrant for several Iraqis wanted for unlawful detentions and other crimes. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Romeo Dallaire, author of the new book Shake Hands with the Devil. In the book, the former Canadian general recalls his experiences as head of a U.N. peacekeeping force in Rwanda, and offers wider observations about the psychological impact of war on soldiers.

GlaxoSmithKlein, the manufacturer of the antidepressant Paxil, has released on its company Web site reports of unpublished clinical tests of that drug in children and adolescents suffering from depression. Paxil is not approved for use in children but some doctors have prescribed it off label. SmithKline officials have denied that they selectively disclosed clinical trial findings. This is the first time that this data on Paxil have been made public and NPR's Joanne Silberner looks at whether it will give a different picture of the safety and efficacy of the drug.

Forty years ago, three civil rights workers were murdered in Neshoba County, Miss. Though suspects in the killing were identified, no one has ever been charged with murder. Now, a group of black and white Neshoba residents have united to call for justice and come to terms with their violent past. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

At least 35 Iraqis die and more than 100 others are wounded in a pair of car bombings: a suicide attack at the gate of a Baghdad military base where new Iraqi army recruits were being processed, and a second bombing in the town of Balad, north of the capital, that killed members of Iraq's Civil Defense Corps. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about the Steven Oken death penalty case, the reversal of Oken's stay of execution and whether the execution is likely to proceed as scheduled.

A Baghdad family whose 12-year-old son was killed by U.S. soldiers last summer is trying to find a legal avenue to file for compensation. The U.S. Army says the family has been paid $3,500.00. The family denies that. No independent court is available to hear the dispute. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

Two U.S. soldiers and several dozen Iraqi militiamen are dead after overnight gun battles in the Iraqi city of Kufa. The continuing fighting in Kufa and in the nearby city of Najaf threaten last week's truce between the U.S. military and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

Saudi officials say militants suspected to have links to al Qaeda killed 22 people before government commandos flushed them out of an upscale housing complex in an early-morning raid. The raid, launched from helicopters, ended a standoff stemming from Saturday's attacks on foreigners working in Khobar oil offices. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Global Radio News reporter Nigel Perry.

On Wednesday, the bipartisan panel looking into the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks issued its last interim report before the committee publishes its complete findings in late July. NPR's Tavis Smiley discusses some of the commission's most recent revelations with Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and John Eastman, a law professor at Chapman University in Southern Californa.

Day to Day and Slate debut an occasional series of profiles of so-called "swing states" in the 2004 presidential election -- states that are not strongly leaning to either candidate or political party. Slate writer Chris Suellentrop talks with NPR's Madeleine Brand about the first featured state, Missouri.

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to Judge Glenda Hatchett about non-traditional parenting. She is the presiding judge of the nationally syndicated television show Judge Hatchett and author of Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say!: Seven Simple Strategies to Help Our Children Along the Path to Purpose and Possibility.

The judge in the civil rights cases of four former police officers in the killing of George Floyd said that he has accepted Derek Chauvin's plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with NPR's Juan Williams to review the week in politics, including how ongoing developments in the Iraq war are affecting the presidential campaign.