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A couple prepares to send their daughter off on her first day of kindergarten in a new piece of short fiction, "The First Day," read here by the author, Silas House. House's latest novel is titled A Parchment of Leaves.

takes up the Ethics Committee's recommendations to reprimand Speaker Gingrich and require him to pay a 300,000 dollar fine for violating House rules. If the House approves those recommendations, as expected, Congressman Gingrich will be allowed to continue as Speaker.

The program side-steps federal housing requirements and offers recipients one year of free, stable housing so they can find work and childcare.

Vice President Cheney went home from the hospital today, one day after undergoing an operation to reopen an artery to his heart. The angioplasty was performed at George Washington University Hospital, not far from the White House. Doctors there canceled plans for a briefing today on the vice president's condition. Mr. Cheney is expected to return to work later this week, although White House staff were not discussing any details of his case. NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea reports.

Friday was the fourth day of voting for House speaker. Photographers captured tense moments in the House chamber as lawmakers negotiated.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to George Ratliff about his new documentary, Hell House. It focuses on a haunted house that a large Pentecostal church outside of Dallas puts together every year to scare people into the arms of God.

Democrats want to change the rules guiding the House ethics committee, saying that Republican changes instituted earlier this year were made to protect embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Many of the people who harvest the abundant crops in Southern California's Coachella Valley have no decent place to live. For the "Housing First" series, NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on one community's attempt to address the housing shortage for migrant workers.

The Bush administration's top housing official announced his resignation Monday. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson says much has been accomplished during his tenure, but critics say they hope the change will bring about policies that will help solve the housing crisis.

Secret Service logs show that John Huang, the Democratic fund-raiser at the center of a growing controversy over foreign political donations, visited the White House more than 60 times this year. The records did not show what Huang's business was at the White House, but they indicate he was a much more frequent visitor than the White House has acknowledged previously. News of Huang's visits is prompting Republican demands for President Clinton to explain what Huang was doing there. Critics have questioned whether Huang's repeated presence in the White House violated conflict-of-interest laws. Phillip Davis has a report.