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Representatives from Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and Cisco Systems testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday about their business practices in China. A panel of human rights activists also appeared, raising concerns about each of the companies' roles in helping the Chinese government censor and monitor the Internet.

The hedge fund industry is one of the fastest growing corners of the investment world. Now Wall Street insider — and hedge fund manager — Barton Biggs has exposed the industry's cast of characters to scrutiny in the book HedgeHogging.

In 1943, the government promised to build a highway through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- in part to provide access to some old cemeteries there. But the highway was never finished, and there's disagreement about whether it should be now.

In a report released Tuesday, U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman criticizes China and presses it to take steps to improve labor standards and fight copyright piracy. Chinese officials dismiss the report as a show to quiet agitated lawmakers in Congress.

AIDS adds to an orphan crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet concerns from trafficking to cultural differences make it hard for outsiders to adopt. The story of two children in Nigeria illustrates the issue.

First responders at the Biloxi police department are struggling with emotional distress of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. They are experiencing flashbacks, waking up from nightmares and crying for no apparent reason. In the third installment of a four-part series on mental health after the storm, Alix Spiegel spoke with some of the officers who still struggle with the trauma of the storm.

President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold their first face-to-face meeting at the White House. They find areas of agreement on restraining Iran's nuclear program but disagree on the U.S. prison camp for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay.

Robert Siegel talks with Stephen Cohen, national scholar for the Israel Policy Forum, about the Gaza deal.

FEMA is having trouble holding on to its best people. Several FEMA staffers have told NPR that people are leaving because the agency is in trouble and no one appears to be addressing the problems.

Laura Tobler, health policy analyst at the National Conference of State Legislatures, discusses legislation passed in Maryland that requires large employers to increase spending on worker health insurance and mainly affects Wal-Mart stores.