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For nearly 20 years, the United States has provided troops for a multinational peacekeeping force in the Sinai desert between Egypt and Israel. But the Bush administration has shown interest in reducing U.S. troop commitments around the world and the contingent in Sinai may be among those under scrutiny. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.

Quinn Klinefelter of member station WDET reports on a class action lawsuit that accuses the Detroit Police Department of routinely arresting witnesses in murder cases in an effort to get them to testify. Detroit police arrest an average of three people in every homicide case, a rate that's much higher than the national average. Yet fewer than half the city's murder cases are solved.

Claire Doole reports that once again, China has escaped censure at the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva. The United States sponsored a resolution criticizing Beijing's human rights record but Chinese diplomats lobbied against it tirelessly, as they do every year. As always, they used a procedural device to prevent the U.S. sponsored resolution from even coming to a vote.

Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin reports on the new film by Oscar-winning director James Cameron, Aliens of the Deep. The film, presented in 3-D at IMAX theaters, documents life two-and-a-half miles below the surface of the sea.

While foie gras is de rigueur at all celebratory meals in France, some activists are beginning to question the ethics behind its production. Eleanor Beardsley reports on the challenges to this billion-dollar industry.

The presidential commission report released Thursday outlining U.S. intelligence failures in Iraq, Iran and North Korea makes more than 70 recommendations on how to improve intelligence gathering. But observers worry that the CIA and other spy agencies are inherently resistant to change.

A U.S. appeals court rules that journalists Mathew Cooper of Time magazine and Judith Miller of The New York Times must testify about their confidential sources on stories that revealed a CIA officer's identity. NPR's David Folkenflik reports.

Georgia police arrest Brian Nichols, the man they say killed a judge, a court reporter and a deputy Friday at an Atlanta courthouse. Nichols was taken into custody at a suburban Atlanta apartment complex. He's also implicated in the death of a U.S. Customs agent whose body was found Saturday.

In its latest attempt to stem file sharing, the music industry has developed a disc format that plays both on DVD and CD players. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports that a new album by a rock legend is about to shine the spotlight on this technology.

Thousands of Floridians are homeless and more than a dozen are dead in the wake of Hurricane Charley. The storm slammed into Southwest Florida Friday night and cut a path through the center of the state before weakening as it moved north. Two million homes and businesses are without power. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.