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The Tony-winning actor Jerry Orbach, star for almost half a century on Broadway and television, died Tuesday at age 69 of prostate cancer. He was best known as the seen-it-all detective Lennie Briscoe on Law and Order. NPR's Gloria Hillard reports.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Washington Post reporter T.R. Reid about why the world loves caffeine. His article and a photo essay on the subject appear in this month's National Geographic Magazine.

In the second of two reports on the strong presence of evangelical Christianity in Colorado Springs, Colo.: How the organization Focus on the Family went from a small radio program dealing with family issues to an influential organization with its own political lobbying arm.

President Bush has named U.S. Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL) as his choice to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Goss, who served in the CIA before running for Congress, is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Hear an NPR News report.

NASA prepares to launch a space probe Monday that will conduct an expedition to the planet Mercury. The Messenger craft is slated to arrive at Mercury in 2011. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

The U.S. men's basketball team lost to Argentina Friday -- and thus will not win the gold medal. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

Bill Cohen of Ohio Public Radio reports on the battle over an anti-gay-marriage ballot issue that's forging some unusual alliances.

Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign is pointing fingers at the Bush administration for not doing enough to prevent the flu vaccine shortage. The Bush camp says that claim is outrageous. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

This year, both parties have placed a bigger bet than ever on the votes of Spanish-speaking Americans. NPR's John Burnett reports.

The Republican attorney general of Ohio has filed an emergency appeal with a federal appeals court, trying to keep alive a series of challenges to 35,000 new voter registrations in Ohio. Hear reporter Janet Babin of member station WCPN.