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NPR's Emily Harris in Baghdad reports on U.S. military plans to reduce the American troop presence in Baghdad. U.S. soldiers will be moving to bases on the outskirts of the capital, leaving security duties in the hands of Iraq's police force and the fledgling civil defense corps.

A car bomb kills at least 47 and injures 50 more as it explodes near an army recruitment center in Baghdad. The attack is the second in as many days to target Iraqis seeking to work with the U.S.-led coalition. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

NPR's Deborah Amos reports on the escalating ethnic tensions in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. During Saddam Hussein's rule, hundreds of thousands of ethnic Kurds and Turkmen were expelled from Kirkuk as part of a campaign to make the oil-rich region more Arabian. Now those exiles want their old homes back.

Sen. John Kerry has solidified his frontrunner status, winning seven of nine Democratic presidential contests -- and five of the seven state races decided Tuesday. Just months ago, many political observers were dismissing Kerry as an also-ran. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Former officials and functionaries in Saddam Hussein's Baath Party are beginning a course in "De-Baathification." In six-week courses that will be held around the country in coming months, former party members will come face to face with some of the victims of Saddam's rule. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

New research indicates that women with breast cancer survive longer if they are able to eliminate certain stress factors in their lives. The study suggests that in about 30 percent of breast-cancer survivors, the body's own immune system chemicals -- notably cytokines -- prolong fatigue. Frank Browning reports.

U.S. forces are fighting a two-front war with Sunni and Shiite Muslim insurgents and the death toll continues to rise. But there is an increasingly sharp contrast between the official Pentagon take on security and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and the reality on the ground. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

Sen. John Kerry, campaigning in Missouri, calls for the Bush administration to stop attacks on former Bush adviser Richard Clarke. In a new book and during recent testimony at the hearings of the Sept. 11 commission, Clarke said the Bush administration focused on Iraq at the expense of the war on terrorism. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

Our series on the legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education decision continues. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports from a Los Angeles high school where virtually all of the students are Latino. The question at Roosevelt High is often whether that statistic is a result of economics or race.

Howard Dean says he is no longer actively pursuing the presidency, but vows to remain a force in the nomination process. Although he failed to win any primaries or caucuses, Dean is credited with helping to shape the Democratic race to take on George W. Bush. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.