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One maverick Palestinian believes the key to Middle East peace is a greater Arab understanding of the Nazi holocaust. Khaled Mahamed, an Arab-Israeli lawyer in the city of Nazareth, has set up the first Arab museum on the Third Reich slaughter of European Jews. But the museum has attracted the anger of both Arabs and Jews.

Guarding against bioterrorism, Israel vaccinates health workersagainst smallpox. A nationwide immunization campaign will follow. It's a more aggressive approach than current U.S. plans.

A multistate outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from Canada is under investigation in 13 states by the FDA.

Willie Brown was known as a local leader because of his commitment to helping others. After his passing in March, Brown's former employer, State Farm, is donating $250,000 to the Western Avenue Community Center to continue Brown's dedication to serving the community.

At a rare forest clearing in central Africa, elephants gather to munch on mineral-rich soil. And researchers gather there to learn more about the social lives of the threatened animals — and how to save them. For Morning Edition, NPR's Alex Chadwick reports. (8:07)

The diamond industry is facing hard times -- a looming recession, vaults full of gems, and media reports linking the diamond trade to African rebel armies and even Osama bin Laden. The industry is fighting back with ad campaigns touting the gem's priceless emotional value. NPR's Jacki Lyden reports.

Scott talks to writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks about his new book, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood. Dr. Sacks looks back on his childhood in London, as part of an enormous clan of physicians, chemists and tinkerers of all sorts.

Scott shoots some hoops and talks with John Edgar Wideman former all-star college basketball player and author of Hoop Roots: Basketball, Race and Love. Mr. Wideman says he thinks that playground ball is where you see the authentic game.

Leave it to an imaginative Polish film director to find an innovative way to frame a classic opera. Mariusz Trelinski speaks with host Robert Siegel about how to make Madama Butterfly register with a television-jaded audience.

Poet Alan Dugan burst on the scene 40 years ago, winning the National Book Award for his very first collection of poems. In Nov., 2001, he won a second time. Dugan talks with host Linda Wertheimer about critics, time and what makes a good poem.