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A new report says more Americans are leaving for work between 5 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. and are commuting for longer periods of time. Commuters talk about more time spent on the road, as we continue our series: America at 300 million.

An interview last month with Barbara Critchfield, a counselor at Shoemaker High School in Killeen, Texas, caught the attention of a fellow educator. David Waters, a principal at Timberland High School in Wentzville, Mo., organized a prom dress drive with the hope of sending 250 prom dresses to the Texas school.

Elizabeth Edwards spoke Monday at the City Club of Cleveland in her first solo public appearance since learning that her cancer has returned. The wife of presidential candidate John Edwards said she was touched by a national outpouring of phone calls and e-mails expressing sorrow for her turn for the worse.

Texas A&M is playing its first regional semifinal game in the NCAA tournament in more than 25 years Thursday night. Marlon Pompey, a senior forward on the basketball team, talks about his personal story and the upcoming game.

In a press conference Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards announced that he will continue his bid for the nomination, despite the news that his wife's cancer has relapsed.

The Grand Canyon Skywalk was officially opened this week by former astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The Skywalk is located on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Arizona. The Hualapai hope it will mean more jobs.

When a Minnesota women's group joined a national campaign to establish a U.S. Department of Peace, they triggered fears in their small, rural community about the very survival of America.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met separately with Palestinian and Israel leaders Sunday as she presses for agreement to move toward the creation of a Palestinian state. Rice said she is taking time to find what is tolerable for each side.

The U.N. Security Council votes to toughen sanctions on Iran, which is being punished for refusing to halt its uranium-enrichment programs. The measures approved Saturday include a ban on exports of firearms.

Among the eight fired U.S. attorneys is Carol Lam of San Diego. Her office brought the corruption case that sent Rep. Duke Cunningham, a California Republican, to prison. Related documents shed light on how the Justice Department handled its "problems" with Lam.

The top four teams in the NCAA men's basketball tournament all made it to this weekend's round of 16. But for some, No. 1 seed Ohio State's advance is marred by a call that officials declined to make.

Food blogger Deb Perelman is a self-described "girl with a short food attention span." When she first encountered the small, colorful dishes called zakuski, she says she was pretty sure she had died and gone to grazers' heaven.

March Madness is in full swing, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is making its first appearance in the NCAA tournament.

Presidential candidate John Edwards announced Thursday that his wife, Elizabeth, has a recurrence of breast cancer. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, when her husband was the Democratic vice presidential candidate. She was thought to be recovering, but the cancer has returned.

In a yearlong series, All Things Considered will visit Milford, an emblematic New Hampshire town that will serve as a barometer on presidential politics in the Granite State, the traditional home of the nation's first primary.

The teams the experts most expected to advance survive three rounds of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. It's rare for four No. 1 seeds to be alive so deep into the tournament. But Florida, Kansas, Ohio State and North Carolina play on.

This week, mystery swirled in Washington after an anonymous filmmaker circulated an online attack ad against Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). The filmmaker was revealed as Phil DeVellis, but questions remain about the impact of YouTube political ads in the 2008 race.

Former Vice President Al Gore went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify about the effects of global warming. He went face to face with global-warming critics in the Congress and told them that they need to act quickly, or the nation's grandchildren will pay the price.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was more involved than he had previously acknowledged in the decision to dismiss eight U.S. attorneys in 2006, according to his former chief of staff. Kyle Sampson faced hours of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Between the Iraq funding bill and the general uproar regarding the Department of Justice, the Bush administration has had a busy week. For an overview of this past week's politics, Liane Hansen speaks with Doyle McManus, Washington bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times.

Condoleezza Rice is traveling to the Middle East this week, her fourth trip in as many months. The U.S. Secretary of State is there for a new round of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

A new Criterion four-DVD box set — Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist features several of Robeson's films and an abundance of documentary material.

The former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will testify Thursday before a Senate panel investigating the firings of eight federal prosecutors. Kyle Sampson will likely be asked if the dismissals were politically motivated.

The Senate Banking Committee grills top regulators and several of the nation's largest lenders about problems with sub-prime mortgages — and what regulators did and did not do to address them. About 14 percent of outstanding subprime loans are now delinquent by 30 days or more.

Earlier this week, a new study found that a healthy lifestyle and drug treatment could be just as good at preventing heart attacks as angioplasty and the insertion of stents. Dr. Steve Nissen, president of the American College of Cardiology, takes listener questions about the study and the best options to treat clogged arteries.