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Host Robert Siegel continues his chats with residents of flood-damaged Honeysuckle Lane in New Orleans East. Pat Zeller lives at 40 Honeysuckle Lane, but is staying at a hotel on Canal Street. Floodwaters soaked her home's downstairs, but the rest of the house is in fair condition. She expects to move back in March.

Scientists studying anthrax say they are making progress understanding the bacteria and developing new vaccines. But the field is much larger than it once was, and some wonder if that's wise or necessary.

Along the streets of New Orleans and in front yards and driveways are refrigerators -- lots of them. And people in the city are trying to figure out how to get rid of them.

One fact that isn't in dispute about the indictments against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on conspiracy charges: The Texas Republican and his fundraising machine changed the face of Texas politics. Trouble is, he may have broken the law in the process.

The New York Times and its Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Judith Miller have presented twin accounts of Miller's role in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case. The articles provide details of Miller's testimony -- and open up new questions about the paper's oversight.

Producers Dmae Roberts and Sara Caswell Kolbet report on descendants of Hawaiians who live in the Pacific Northwest. Many generations later, the progeny of those first Hawaiians still carry on some sacred traditions brought from the islands.

A German prosecutor is expected to brief the U.N. Security Council Tuesday about his investigation into the slaying of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The report has named senior Syrian and Lebanese officials.

Summer is over, and the start of the serious movie season has begun. NPR's Bob Mondello reports that a number of adaptations are coming to the big screen, including another installment of the Harry Potter series.

The official re-opening of parts of New Orleans begins Saturday. But residents are already trickling back in. And that's creating challenges for the police and security forces. The authorities are struggling to cordon off areas that remain off-limits.

Natural disasters often leave thousands of people homeless. How to house these people is a problem yet to be convincingly solved. But that hasn't stopped some architects from trying.