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The meeting comes at a time when the deep polarization in America can also be found in the Catholic church.

This coming week, the Senate takes up President Bush's first budget. The Senate has to approve the broad outlines of the budget before moving on to the tax cuts the President is seeking. But consensus could be hard to find. NPR's David Welna reports.

Scott returns from a safari in Africa, and tells about it.

Efforts to make crossing streets safer for the seeing-impaired in Baltimore, Maryland have upset some advocates for the blind. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

It's that time of year when a lot of us are looking for a thrill — a good scary story just in time for Halloween. Here are five ghastly recommendations.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports from Washington, D.C., about this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize recipients, Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The two have been friends since childhood.

Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham talks with host Lisa Simeone about her career, including what it's like to be the woman doing the "trouser roles" in opera.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade, where former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic is maintaining his innocence after surrendering to troops over the weekend. Milosevic is being held on corruption charges that include stealing from the treasury, but not for the human rights violations he was indicted for by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara previews Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's visit to the United States. Mubarak is the first Arab leader to visit the new administration. He'll meet today at the State Department with Secretary Powell and at the White House with President Bush. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.N. sanctions against Iraq are expected to dominate the discussions.

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