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A suicide bomber drives a car into a Baghdad police station, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of others. U.S. military officials say most of those killed were Iraqi policemen. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

In the second of a two-part story, NPR's John Ydstie continues his report on U.S. soldiers wounded in the war in Iraq. Ydstie focuses on how soldiers who have lost limbs are being fitted with high-tech artificial limbs and learning how to use them.

Turkey's cabinet approves a plan to send peacekeeping troops to Iraq. The Turkish parliament must first approve the move. Some 70 percent of the country opposes the measure. Turkey would be the first Muslim nation to provide troops to the U.S.-led operation in Iraq. NPR's Ivan Watson joins host Bob Edwards to discuss the plan.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to New York Times Magazine ethicist Randy Cohen and "Vic" in Washington state about Vic's ethical dilemma. Vic is a food wholesaler whose customers, the distributors, want him to submit inflated invoices and kick back the difference to them. This drives up the prices consumers pay.

Near the southern tip of Africa, penguins have taken over some of the most valuable real estate on the continent. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the next governor of California. Initial results indicate the current governor, Democrat Gray Davis, was recalled by a considerable margin. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

At the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., soldiers who lost limbs in Iraq are being fitted with prosthethic devices, and are learning again how to walk, to write, and to deal with lingering pain. NPR's John Ydstie reports.

California voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to oust Democratic Gov. Gray Davis. The governor faces scores of candidates competing for his job, and there are two ballot measures. Election officials expect a record number of voters to show up at the polls. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

Shirin Ebadi becomes the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Known for her work protecting the rights of women and children, Ebadi was Iran's first female judge. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Ebadi.

NPR's Deborah Amos reports on reconstruction and pacification efforts by U.S. forces in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The regional commander, Gen. David Petreaus, is a former economics professor with a doctorate in international relations who has taken an innovative approach to nation-building.