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Biden is taking the high-risk strategy of announcing a deal on domestic social spending though not all Democrats were ready to vote for it.

From member station WCPN in Cleveland, Janet Babin reports on the serious consequences of the latest U.S. Census for a small suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. (4:00) For more, check out NPR coverage of Census 2000.

With 100 mile-per-hour fastballs hurtling through the air, you might not always be thinking about how it feels to take one of those to the face.

Lawyer and satirist Kevin Underhill presents his new translation of Dante's epic Inferno. Read the translation.

Online hate the Duchess has faced was part of a targeted and coordinated campaign originating from just 83 Twitter accounts.

NPR's Eric Weiner in Jerusalem reports Israeli military authorities are questioning a scholar about a book he wrote on Israel's nuclear weapons program. Avner Cohen's book Israel and the Bomb was published three years ago in the United States after Israeli censors refused to allow its publication in Israel. Cohen, back in Israel on a visit, could face prosecution for violating the country's Military Secrets Act.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on last night's burn-down of the Russian space-station Mir. Some sky-watchers in Fiji were able to see a burning fire in the sky as the station entered the Earth's atmosphere.

The 24 crew members of the American reconnaissance plane will be debriefed by U.S. officials about their experience, starting with the accident that forced their emergency landing on Hainan Island. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the debriefing process.

Commentator Elissa Ely -- a psychiatrist at a hospital in Massachusetts -- has an alcoholic patient who's convinced he will be killed when his father dies. After his father does die, the patient lives, though he's lost his will to live.

The end of the court battle between the South African goverment and three dozen of the world's drug companies has dropped prices of HIV and AIDS drugs in many countries. While these drugs are now available to the affected millions who are mostly poor, there are far more basic things yet to be taken care of. NPR'S Brenda Wilson reports.