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NPR's Barbara Bradley reports an FBI agent has been charged with spying for Moscow for more than 15 years. Robert Philip Hanssen is accused of trading highly classified information for cash and diamonds.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that there's new hope the fighting in Congo may end. The United Nations is helping to broker the peace, and Congo's new president Joseph Kabila is being credited with making a deal possible.

NPR'S Brian Naylor reports on the recent improvements in Washington D.C.'s economy and government. But while many are pleased, some say the District of Columbia still has a long way to go.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on President Bush's goals for campaign finance reform. The contentious issue comes up for debate on the floor of the Senate starting Monday. (3:52) Check out more NPR News coverage of Power, Money & Influence.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the Amtrak passenger train that jumped the tracks early this morning in a remote area of Iowa. Several cars were knocked on their sides, killing one person and injuring 90.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Cornwall, England, where the curtain goes up tomorrow on the world's largest greenhouse. The "Eden Project" -- with its tropical rain forest under a giant geodesic dome -- is a huge conservation project for endangered plant species.

Lynn Neary reports on today's speech by John DiIulio, the head of the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives. DiIulio continues to promote the Bush administrations plans for involving faith based organizations in public social service despite growing questions and criticism.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that when elephants stamp their feet they are actually talking, or at least sending seismic messages to other elephants. These signals actually are important to a herd, and human activities that interrupt transmission of signals through the ground could disrupt elephant behavior, migration and the like.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on a recent study of a synthetic version of estrogen that is thought to help post-menopausal women fight osteoporosis. The study suggests it may not be as effective as many researchers previously thought.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the reaction among investors to the FederalReserve's cut of interest rates by only a half of a percentage point. Some had expected a more aggressive, three-quarter percent cut.