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Precision-guided munitions, unmanned aircraft and Special Ops soldiers make headlines in Afghanistan -- but just as important to the war effort are those who airlift supplies and equipment to troops in the field. NPR's Tom Gjelten rides along on an Air Force C-17 for a first-hand report for Morning Edition.

NPR's Phillip Martin reports on a controversial piece of art in Boston Harbor- a liquid natural gas tank adorned with large rainbow stripes. Many people claim that a face is visible in one of the stripes, and there have been "sightings" of everyone from Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin Laden since the painting was completed in the early 1970's.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports that Slobodan Milosevic lashed out against the U.N. war crimes tribunal today on the second day of his war crimes trial. The former Yugoslav president called the trial a "lynch process," and challenged the tribunal's jurisdiction. Milosevic is charged with crimes against humanity, including genocide, for his role in the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is featuring a broad survey of art made by artists who called themselves surrealists -- and by many who didn't. David D'Arcy reports that the art movement itself defied rigid definitions, but curators keep trying.

Overalls have clothed Americans at work and play since the 1700s, becoming a national icon in the process. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports on the evolution of overalls -- from low-class work clothes to pop fashion -- as part of NPR's Present at the Creation series.

In 1959, theater-goers who attended A Raisin in the Sun saw a serious drama about a black family written by a black woman. They had never seen anything like it, Cheryl Corley reports for Morning Edition. Her story is part of NPR's Present at the Creation series.

The common image of a barbershop quartet is of white men singing four-part harmony, but the musical form actually emerged from the barbershops and street corners of African-American neighborhoods. In the latest segment of NPR's Present at the Creation series, Jim Wildman reports on the roots and styles of barbershop for Morning Edition.

In the latest of a series of reports on New Yorkers keeping alive the legacy of jobs from a bygone era, Radio Diaries and All Things Considered profile Pasquale Spensieri, one of the last grinders still going door-to-door sharpening knives and scissors.

The Bush administration announced a new, $345-trillion proposal to extend universal health care to pets — causing the fur to fly on Capitol Hill as fiscal conservatives, animal rights groups and pro-human advocates joined the heated debate. NPR's Julie Rovner reports for All Things Considered.

South Carolina has a long and complex Jewish history -- at one point, there were more Jewish families in South Carolina than in any other state. NPR's Joshua Levs reports for Morning Edition on a new museum exhibit exploring 300 years of Jewish life in South Carolina.