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The contemporary classical sextet eighth blackbird has drawn attention from both critics and audiences for their performance and repertoire. The group will have its Carnegie Hall debut on March 10. NPR's Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr reports.

U.S. accounting firms are increasingly outsourcing data-entry work related to tax returns overseas. This year, as many as 100,000 American taxpayers may have their returns prepared in India. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.

Five incumbent Democrats are retiring from the Senate this year, all from the South. With the region considered prime Bush territory, Republicans see a historic opportunity to make major gains and solidify their control of the Senate. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

In the second part of Morning Edition's series on Latin American cities, NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on the dark political climate of Guatemala City. The capital city, like Guatemala itself, has been scarred by decades of bloodshed, coups, and authoritarian governments.

Bombings at Shiite Muslim shrines in Baghdad and Karbala have led to increased demands for Shiite militiamen to be given authorization to help maintain security in Shiite areas. Officials of the U.S. occupation authority remain opposed to the idea. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

NPR's Martin Kaste continues the week-long series on Latin American cities with a report on Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since Argentina's economy collapsed in 2001, there have been great disparities in wealth and widespread corruption throughout Buenos Aires.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on new evidence that that there was once a pool of liquid, salty water on Mars. The finding suggests the planet could have supported life.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio has yet to win a substantial number of delegates in any Democratic presidential contest. But low poll numbers don't seem to discourage the former Cleveland mayor's supporters or campaign staff. Judy Campbell reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep in Baghdad reports on the growing U.S.-trained Iraqi police force, which has become a target for insurgents in the country. More than 100 policemen have been killed in the past year in Baghdad alone.

The U.S. Army internal report on the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison is classified. The publisher of a newsletter that tracks government secrecy says that classification violates U.S. government rules. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists.