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Evidence suggests that a British Petroleum oil spill in Alaska earlier this year -- at 200,000 gallons, the biggest spill ever on the North Slope -- may have been the result of poor pipe maintenance. Now there are renewed efforts to hold the company accountable.

Secretary of State Condolezza Rice is in the Middle East. Rami Khouri, editor-at-large of the Daily Star in Lebanon, talks with Steve Inskeep about the issues she is facing, including funding for the new Palestinian government and the future of Lebanon.

Insurgent attacks appear to be growing in Iraq, less than two weeks before scheduled national elections. Nineteen Iraqis died Saturday in one attack, and 10 U.S. Marines were killed in Fallujah earlier in the week.

Opening statements are scheduled Tuesday in the federal fraud and conspiracy trial of former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling. Both are accused of lying about Enron's financial health. The energy company collapsed in 2001 after revelations of hidden debt and inflated profits. Ed Mayberry of member station KUHF reports.

From member station WMUB, Gary Scott reports on reaction to the president's speech Tuesday night at a Veterans of Foreign War chapter in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu gives a guided tour of his adopted hometown, New Orleans. He talks about what has changed since Katrina and ponders the future of his adopted hometown.

Julie and Jimmy Johnson woke up to quite the surprise after a night of thunderstorms earlier this month. While they have three dogs of their own, the dog sandwiched between them was a total stranger.

As well-known tech firms face criticism from Congress, Robert Siegel and China correspondent Anthony Kuhn in Beijing compare results from search engines in the United States and China. A search using Google, Google China and Yahoo shows how different the Web search experience is for a user in China.

Friday is a big day for one of the most charismatic animals on Earth: the giant panda. Native to central China, the black-and-white bear was almost driven to extinction -- now one bred in captivity has been released back into the wild.

Sudan's government and rebel groups are extending peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria. Rebels have rejected draft peace agreements concerning Sudan's Darfur region, but agreed to continue negotiating with the government under pressure from the United States.