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Louisiana is not the only state where levees are overdue for repairs. Kansas City, St. Louis and other major cities are now worried that New Orleans will siphon the Army Corps of Engineers' resources.

Stanley Weintraub discusses Iron Tears, his recently published history of the American Revolution from the British perspective. King George III and Britons in the 1770s felt the colonists were complaining too much about too little... especially the taxation question.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Kymberly Doucette, a Los Angeles Times editor from Foothill Ranch, Calif.

Concerns about evacuation from any high-density area have been raised after the traffic jam in Texas. John Copenhaver, president of the Global Partnership for Preparedness, and a former FEMA regional director, offers his insights.

NASA scientists confirm that a space probe has hit its comet target. They hope the collision will reveal clues about how the solar system formed.

The company first arrived in Russia in 1851 to deliver devices for a major telegraph line. It primarily does maintenance work on high-speed trains these days — though it's now winding down operations.

In the wake of two hurricanes, the airwaves are filled with voices of people not often heard in the national media. These are the people who inspired poet James Applewhite many years ago to write "Southern Voices," a poem with a new resonance.

Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Luther Vandross has died at the age of 54. A hospital in New Jersey did not release the cause of death, but officials did say Vandross had never fully recovered from the stroke he suffered two years ago.

NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully crashed into Comet Tempel 1 early Monday. Scientists arranged the collision in an effort to learn more about the comet's physical makeup.

South Korean researchers say they've made a significant advance in the production of human embryonic stem cells. They can now use far fewer human eggs to produce usable stem cells — a major step toward mass production. Researchers hope these cells could eventually be used to treat a wide variety of diseases.