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Fighting along the Israel-Lebanon border has been punctuated Saturday by confrontations inside Lebanon between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerillas. The ground combat came in addition to continuing Israeli bombardments of Lebanon, and Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

British scientists had been trying to catch lobsters and crabs without using fish. They decided to bate their traps with LED lights. The light show did attract a lot of scallops.

In his new book, Horsemen of the Esophagus, Jason Fagone takes a look at the funny — and just slightly frightening — world of competitive eating.

Retired Adm. John Hutson, a former judge advocate general in the Navy, talks with Renee Montagne about a memo directing the U.S. military to abide by Article Three of the Geneva Conventions in the treatment of detainees. Hutson is one of three retired officers who recently filed a brief on behalf of the Guantanamo detainees.

The jungle and rain forest surrounding the Tiputini Biodiversity Station is still incredibly wild, even by the standards of the Amazon. There are tantalizing hints that it also may be full of insects that talk to each other.

Escalating violence in Gaza has many Palestinians fearful of all-out civil war. The violent power struggle between the rival Fatah and Hamas parties has killed several people and wounded dozens more in the Gaza Strip in the last five days.

Ehud Olmert, Israel's new prime minister, meets President Bush at the White House. Olmert is seeking support for his plan to make more unilateral withdrawals from the West Bank. He has said he intends to set Israel's final borders by 2010.

Prices for gas, food and other items are rising. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Cecilia Rouse, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, about what the White House is doing to bring down inflation.

The World Health Organization meets this weekend in Washington D.C. to discuss strategies for preventing tobacco-related health problems. Debbie Elliott speaks with Dr. Armando Peruga, a participant and the team leader for Pan-American Health Organization's tobacco control and consumer health program.

As the Mideast crisis continues to intensify, the head of Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah declares "open war," and Israel says it will not stop its military campaign until Hezbollah is disarmed.