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Forensic photographers with the Los Angeles Police Department have been documenting crime scenes since the 1920s, chronicling everything from routine arrests to notorious murders and raids. Stacks of those forgotten photos have been resurrected by a team of artists, and are making the rounds at galleries across the nation. See some of the images featured in the exhibit. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

Pierre Bonnard preferred to paint from memory, rather than using posed models. As NPR's Susan Stamberg reports for Morning Edition, a new exhibit in Washington, D.C., helps explain why the emotion of remembrance was so important to the French artist.

The remote Himalayan region of Tibet hosts the first formal delegation of representatives of the exiled Dalai Lama in 20 years. While the spiritual leader still is revered by many around the world, his influence inside Tibet may be weakening. In the third of a series of reports from Tibet, hear NPR's Rob Gifford.

As Congress nears a vote on war against Iraq, NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on what's shaping lawmakers' opinions. Some have advocated an attack, while others continue to decry the president's war agenda. Still, others say the vote will be to simply show solidarity with president Bush. (4:27) Read the Transcript

In the final installment of his six-part series TechnoPop: The Secret History of Technology and Pop Music, NPR's Rick Karr reports on how advances in recording technology have allowed musicians to put a state-of-the-art recording studio in a closet -- and put the recording industry in peril.

Using In the time of Michelangelo, royalty once spent much more on tapestries than on having their portraits painted. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has brought together some of the finest surviving examples of this lost Renaissance art form -- and as David D'Arcy reports for Weekend All Things Considered, some critics are calling it the art show of the year.

The high cost of prescription medications for Medicaid patients has led to a showdown between drug companies and the state of Michigan. The state claims it spends too much on drugs for low-income patients and wants deep discounts from the manufacturers. But some companies said no, so state officials set up a new system to give preferential treatment to the drug companies that cooperate. NPR's Jackie Northam reports on the controversial program.

The international popularity of dance music has spawned a number of schools where DJ hopefuls learn the finer points of spinning records and mixing beats and melodies. But critics say mentors and the school of hard knocks are the best way to learn how to get a crowd moving. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports for All Things Considered.

To environmentalists, the National Environmental Policy Act is sacred. NEPA has given them the power to halt or amend hundreds of federal projects. Now, as NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, they're arguing that the Bush administration is undermining the statute to speed up oil and gas exploration in areas like Utah's red-rock country.

A new poll shows Americans are evenly split about the tradeoff between civil liberties and national security in the Bush administration's war on terrorism. However, more people seem to favor more protection of their civil liberties since last year. NPR's Mara Liasson reports on the results of the NPR/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard Kennedy School of Government Poll.