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As the world gets hotter, plants and animals have been trying to adjust by changing when they bloom, migrate, molt, and breed. For some species, these adjustments come off nicely and for others they don't. One European bird's chicks now hatch at a time of year when there's not much around for Mom to feed them.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee to urge approval of the Bush administration's latest emergency funding request. The Bush administration has requested $91 billion, mainly to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Across the country, prom season is a chance for girls -- and their moms -- to indulge in a little fashion and glamour. For students at Saranac Lake High School, the right look often starts at Suzi D's Salon in Saranac Lake, N.Y. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports.

Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan, visits President Bush at the White House. Aliyev became president of the oil-producing nation in 2003 after elections that observers called flawed. He's also accused of corruption.

Commentator Lori Gottlieb's Indian neighbors seemed to her to be a happily married couple -- until recently, that is. She thought she heard them fighting, but it turned out that the wife was just practicing for an acting class. Lori Gottlieb is the author of Stick Figure.

Last year, commentator Ted Rose left his New York life for a Buddhist retreat in the Colorado Rockies. Now, he's trying to decide whether to stay out West or move back to the Big Apple.

Senate debate over the nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to the federal bench enters a second day. Overshadowing her confirmation is the larger battle over the use of the filibuster to block judicial nominees. At the end of 100 hours of debate, the Senate is expected to vote on rules changes to eliminate the filibuster.

Tim Brookes, who occasionally contributes essays to NPR, is also a passionate and talented guitar player. He has just published Guitar: An American Life, which he describes as part history and part love song. He talks about what he learned in working on the book.

A fatal police shooting in the wake of transit bombings in London raises a question: Are police employing a "shoot to kill" policy? There's no official confirmation, but experts see ties to past approach with IRA.

More than 1,000 people are dead after a 5.9 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan overnight on Wednesday. For a country already experiencing widescale hunger and poverty, it is one more tragedy.