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The life of William Jacobs, 83, has rarely followed the course he first plotted. But to his grandson, the way he has handled adversity has been an inspiration.

The White House defends its decision to wait 22 hours to inform the public that Vice President Cheney had accidentally sprayed his hunting partner with birdshot. President Bush found out about the incident Saturday evening, but the media wasn't informed until Sunday.

Oil production in the tar sands of Canada is increasing as the demand for crude in the United States rises. The production of synthetic crude may meet U.S. needs, but it comes at a cost.

Nancy Pearl is back with another stack of book recommendations. This time, Pearl talks about some of her favorite short story collections. At left, a detail from the cover of Among the Missing — one of her favorites.

Ten months after U.S. Marines effectively leveled Fallujah in a major counter-insurgency offensive, NPR's Anne Garrels visits the city and has this report.

The authors of a new book, Hungry Planet, set out to see how families in 24 regions feed themselves each week. They wanted to see how globalization, migration and other factors affected the diets of communities around the world.

At least 22 people are dead after Sunday's tornado, the deadliest twister to hit Indiana in more than three decades. Jonathan Weinzapfel is mayor of Evansville Ind., one of the communities hit by the deadly tornado. He discusses the latest in recovery efforts.

The Tulip and the Pope is the new memoir from Deborah Larsen. The story explores young women on the road to becoming nuns in the 1960s. Larsen's previous work includes the novel The White.

Poet Billy Collins says the central theme of poetry is death. He manages to ruminate on this in a manner both whimsical and poignant in his latest collection, The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems.

University of Minnesota students who served in Iraq are setting up a veterans' assistance center at the school to help other vets make the transition from the military to academia. The school hopes the volunteer effort will help reverse a post-Sept. 11 decline in veteran-student retention. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports.