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The new Medicare prescription drug plan is complex, confusing, and irrational, according to health policy expert Jonathan Oberlander. A month after the rollout of the new Medicare prescription drug plan, many seniors are finding it difficult to get the drugs they need.

Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died. She was 78.

With marriage upcoming, Cinema Wood sought advice from an expert: her grandmother, Peggy Edwards, who was married for more than 50 years. The two recorded their talk at a StoryCorps mobile booth.

Ed Gordon talks with the Rev. Al Sharpton -- preacher, civil rights activist and former presidential candidate -- about the recent Millions More Movement March on the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March, the state of the Democratic Party and his new talk show.

Commentator Tamar Jacoby believes the individual immigration reform proposals from the Bush administration and members of Congress may not be perfect. But out of them, she thinks will come a workable plan to solve some of the country's immigration problems. This is the second of two commentaries on immigration reform proposals.

Drugmaker Merck announces plans to slash 7,000 jobs -- 11 percent of its workforce -- and close five plants by the end of 2008. Merck's troubles include thousands of lawsuits related to its painkiller Vioxx and the impending loss of patent protection of one of its most profitable drugs, Zocor.

University of Wyoming professor Martin Bourgeois is one of a group of sociologists who is studying how rumors are spread. Bourgeois discusses the ethics of rumor research nd invites listeners to contribute their own rumors to his research.

The city of Harbin, China, has its water supply back after a major chemical spill. But the presence of benzene in Songhua River creates potential dangers. Sheilah Kast speaks with Rolf Halden, a professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

Attorneys for Zacarias Moussaoui plan to provide evidence of a troubled childhood in order to save their client from a possible death sentence. Moussaoui pleaded guilty to complicity in the Sept. 11 plot last year and faces a sentencing trial that begins next month.

Middle East expert Edward S. Walker discusses U.S. policy so far toward Hamas and how Wednesday's election may affect that policy. Walker is president and CEO of the Middle East Institute and former Assistant Secretary of State of Near Eastern Affairs and ambassador to Israel.