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David McCullough tells Steve Inskeep about his new book 1776. The book chronicles the battles George Washington's army fought to win independence for America from Britain.

A hospital in southeastern England is trying to identify a man the British press have dubbed the Piano Man. He was found on a Kent County beach wearing a soaking wet suit and tie. He could not or would not speak, but drew detailed pictures of a grand piano. When later shown to a piano, the man played for two hours. Melissa Block talks to his social worker, Michael Camp of Medway Maritime Hospital.

The stated purpose of D. James Kennedy's religious network is to reclaim America for Christ, closing the gap between church and state that is written into the Constitution. The evangelist minister, who preaches from the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Coral Ridge, Fla., has radio and TV shows that are heard around the world.

Melissa Block talks with Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) about his meetings with Republican and Democratic Senators to try and broker a compromise on judicial nominations and the use of the filibuster. Among the Senators he's been meeting with today: John McCain (R-Ariz.), John Warner (R-Va.), Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine).

Israel plans to build 3,500 new housing units in the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank, a move officials say has long been planned. But Palestinians and Israeli critics say the growth could make a viable Palestinian state almost impossible.

A federal study of Native American boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 400 such schools and more than 50 associated burial sites.

For seven years, Lisa Keyte has been a curator at Newport's Oregon Coast Aquarium, former home of Keiko the killer whale. But all that's about to change, as Keyte is set to dive into her new job -- as a coffee roaster.

It's been 6 months since a tsunami swept across the Indian Ocean, killing a quarter of a million people in a dozen countries. As NPR's Margot Adler reports, the billions of dollars in aid that have poured into those countries is only beginning to make a dent.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Dalton Walker, a member of the Red Lake band of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, about life in the isolated and somewhat reclusive reservation community. On Monday, 16-year-old Jeff Weise shot and killed nine people and wounded seven others before turning a gun on himself.

The nation's methamphetamine epidemic continues to challenge local law enforcement and child welfare workers across the country. That's the conclusion of a new survey of 500 county sheriffs and 303 county child welfare officials in 45 states.