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In his newly announced plan for America's southern border, President Bush hopes to expand the use of National Guard troops. Analysts say the president hopes the increased security will help him win more support in Congress for a guest worker program.

Not so long ago, the U.S. airline industry was a model of efficiency and comfort while airlines in Asia struggled with aging fleets and chaotic airports. Today, it's the reverse.

Joe Wright's film, Atonement, is a loyal and lush translation of English writer Ian McEwan's novel. It's only Wright's second feature film. He explains his approach to literary adaptation — and how being dyslexic helps him.

The London Stock Exchange has been digesting news that the British government will inject some $65 billion into three of the country's main banks. Stocks are up sharply in London, and elsewhere in Europe, as other European Union countries followed suit. President Bush announced Tuesday that the U.S. government will purchase shares in ailing American banks.

Janis Ian wrote "Society's Child," a song about an interracial couple in the 1960s, when she was 15 years old, a song that she says everyone hated her for. In a new memoir, Ian recounts her life as an activist and musician.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the FBI. The agency has been a frequent source of inspiration for Hollywood over the years. Host Andrea Seabrook presents a few of the more memorable film representations of the bureau.

It's still too soon to say whether this is a historically bad flu season. But it's already clear that emergency rooms around the country are filled with feverish throngs that are much larger than during the last flu season.

The Senate took a key test vote Tuesday on voting rights for Washington, D.C. All indications are that after a 30-year campaign with repeated setbacks, Congress is poised to pass a bill giving Washington a full seat in the House of Representatives.

A federal judge said the latest state law to require age verification on adult websites doesn't serve its purported purpose: protecting minors from viewing sexually explicit content.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to security and counter-terrorism Asfandyar Mir about how instability in the Taliban's Afghanistan has spilled into Pakistan, after a suicide bombing that killed dozens.