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The Base Closure and Realignment Commission overturns the Pentagon's recommendation to close Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. The decision preserves the state's second-largest employer.

Breaks in the city's levee system caused the flooding, and restoring the levees is the first step in cleaning up New Orleans' mess. Al Naomi, senior project manager for the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, tells Debbie Elliott about progress so far.

Malcolm "Mac" Rebennack's music evolved from psychedelic voodoo-rock in the 1960s to classic piano. He's still known for the 1973 single "Right Place, Wrong Time." (This interview was first broadcast in 1986 and 1988.)

"I'm asking for justice," says Peter Lyoya, whose son Patrick Lyoya, 26, was fatally shot by Grand Rapids police officer, Christopher Schurr, 31, during a traffic stop last month.

High-ranking Pentagon officials will appear Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee. They've been asked to explain U.S. military strategy and operations in Iraq as the death toll rises and Americans' support for the war, as expressed in polls, continues to drop.

Cathie Wood, who has millions of social media followers, is struggling this year. Wall Street is wondering whether one of the most successful investors it has seen in years was previously just lucky.

An Interior Department report identified more than 400 Native American boarding schools that assimilated and often abused Indigenous children. The probe has uncovered more than 500 deaths so far.

Brian McCarty uses toys as part of art therapy to help children who have been traumatized by war. The kids meet with a trained art therapist who helps them draw and talk about their experiences.

David Gray's new album, Life In Slow Motion, is the product of two years of work to evolve as a songwriter. The new release has been described by Gray himself as "the tip of an iceberg" of musical stores built up over time.

Hundreds of listeners have been writing to NPR this week, telling us of their experience with hurricane Katrina or their reaction to the storm. Liane Hansen reads a few of the notes.