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The Senate approves an $87.5 billion aid package for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senate Democrats criticize President Bush's Iraq policies, but say they would still vote in favor of the funding. NPR's David Welna reports.

The number of Americans without health insurance jumps almost six percent in 2002. The Census Bureau says layoffs and scaled-back job benefits are largely to blame. Healthcare coverage could become a decisive issue in next year's presidential election. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

After a meeting at Camp David, U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir say they can work through some -- though perhaps not all -- of their differences on Iraq, Iran and other pressing matters. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Neda Ulaby reports on J.M. Coetzee of South Africa, who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for literature Thursday. His stories tell of apartheid and those affected by the system of racial separation that brutalized South Africa's black majority. The prize includes a check for $1.3 million.

A suicide car bomber rams a barricade outside a hotel full of Americans, and the explosion kills at least six bystanders and injures dozens more. It is the second car bombing in the past four days. NPR's Tom Bullock reports.

A wave of kidnappings for ransom is becoming a growing security concern for wealthier Iraqis. Some families have seen loved ones kidnapped more than once. Iraq's interior minister has announced plans to post security guards at schools across the country. NPR's Jacki Lyden reports.

David Kay, the CIA official directing the weapons search in Iraq, tells the House and Senate intelligence committees that no conclusive evidence has been found of weapons of mass destruction. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Two Democratic congressmen say that Halliburton is overcharging the United States for gasoline it imports into Iraq, citing lower gas prices elsewhere in the country. The company says its price reflects the cost of doing business in a hostile area. NPR's John Burnett reports.

The paranoia surrounding tampered Halloween treats has been around longer than candy corn. But a recent media study of reports of children dying from poisoned Halloween candy found that none were genuine. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with University of Delaware professor Joel Best.

The culture and music of the west African nation Mali are on display this summer at the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. But there's another, far more remote gathering held every year in Mali, outside Timbuktu. Banning Eyre traveled to the Festival in the Desert and sent a report.