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Four men are indicted in New York City for allegedly stealing body parts from a Brooklyn funeral home and selling them for transplants. Prosecutors allege that they made millions of dollars by selling tissue samples without permission from the families.

Will increased Sunni participation in Iraqi politics lead to a decline in violence? Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Saleh Mutlak of the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue.

Next week Medicare will begin enrollment for its new prescription drug benefit. With literally dozens of different enrollment plans available, Medicare unveiled a new Web site this week meant to simplify the process. But a new survey finds that it's going to take a lot more than a fancy computer program to help seniors sign up.

The political saga around whether to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of tricky legislative maneuvers, late-night votes and passionate lobbying.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) plan emergency legislation next week to put a deal with Dubai Ports World on hold pending further investigation. Schumer talks with Robert Siegel about his objection to the deal, and the questions he sent President Bush about the investigation.

The complexion of the workforce in areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina has changed significantly. At Motivatit Seafoods in Houma, La., a group of Mexican workers has settled in to handle jobs that owner Kevin Voisin says he could not find enough local workers to fill.

A new wave of violent protests erupts over Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. In Nigeria Saturday, Muslims attacked Christian churches amid riots that left at least 15 people dead. Friday, protests claimed lives in Libya and Pakistan. Pakistani journalist and scholar Ahmed Rashid offers his insights to Debbie Elliott.

The state of California indefinitely postpones the execution of convicted rapist and murderer Michael Morales. The execution had also been delayed the day before because anesthesiologists refused to participate out of ethical concerns.

A treasure trove of composers' manuscripts has been donated to Juilliard. The music school's collection of 139 priceless documents includes works by Beethoven, Brahms and Handel. Renee Montagne talks with Miles Hoffman about the collection's significance.

Officials of Maryland's Montgomery County and a preservation group have decided to purchase the home of the slave who inspired the main character in Uncle Tom's Cabin. The sale of the cabin prompted commentator Clarence Page to revisit the tale that still elicits a strong response from readers.

Wyoming recently enacted a law that protects landowners who don't own the rights to minerals underneath their property. If oil and gas companies start drilling and damage the property, the landowner is entitled to damages.

Haiti prepares for its first presidential election in nearly two years. Officials say they have a system in place to assure a fair process at Tuesday's polls. But the unstable nation is experiencing an upsurge in violence, and U.N. forces will provide security as millions of Haitians vote.

E.J. Dionne, a Washington Post columnist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and David Brooks, columnist for The New York Times, discuss this week's State of the Union address, GOP leadership elections in the House, budget cuts and the warrant-less wiretapping program.

Despite promised reforms, textbooks in Saudi public schools continue to "reflect an ideology of hatred" against Christians, Jews and other Muslims, the head of a religious-freedom group says.

A team at Stanford University has reversed memory loss in old mice by flooding their brains with spinal fluid taken from young animals. The finding may hold promise for Alzheimer's research.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mikko Hautala, Finnish ambassador to the United States, about his country's bid to join NATO after decades of remaining neutral.

The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a briefing of Bush administration officials on the decision to allow a state-run company from the United Arab Emirates to run cargo operations at several U.S. seaports. Many lawmakers from both parties are angry that they weren't consulted before the deal was made.

Financial analysts and a collections expert discuss the process of debt collection and why some consumers who don't know their rights end up more in debt than when they started.

Basing their decision on a 135-year-old civil rights law, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court rules Monday that death row inmates may challenge the use of lethal injection on the grounds it is cruel and unusual punishment. The court also announces that a condemned man in Tennessee may use DNA evidence to try to prove his innocence in a 20-year-old murder case. Alex Chadwick discusses these rulings with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick.

Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis in 2020. Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa reconstruct the course of his life in His Name is George Floyd.

The Kansas Board of Education is arguably the most controversial in the country -- at least outside of Kansas. Its highly publicized stand on evolution in the science curriculum brought the state international attention and criticism. But the board members say they're representing their own strong convictions, and those of their constituents.

The U.S. Supreme Court has yet again dodged a controversial issue, deciding not to review whether Jose Padilla, an American citizen held for years by the United States as an enemy combatant, was improperly detained. Madeleine Brand talks to Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about the decision, which was opposed by three justices.

The U.S. air raid that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and several associates prompted a variety of reactions in neighboring nations. Rami Khouri, editor at large of Beirut's Daily Star, discusses developments with Scott Simon.

The 2006 hurricane season officially begins on Thursday. Dom Hammack, a staff writer for the Biloxi Sun-Herald, and William Gray, leader of the Colorado State University Hurricane Forecast Team, discuss predictions and preparation for this year's storms.

Africa's longest civil war in Sudan has pushed millions of refugees out of their homes in the country's southern region. Now, in the wake of a peace agreement between forces in the south and the government in Khartoum, those refugees are returning home. Richard Lough reports on the challenges those refugees face, and what they might find when they get home.