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The looting of Iraq's National Museum is so extensive that curators say it will be easier to catalogue what remains than to document what was stolen or destroyed. Museum staff are bitter that American troops were only a few hundred yards away when the looting started, but did nothing to stop it. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

The paintings and drawings of Vietnam veteran Rick Bartow are not easily forgotten. His images are graphic and intense, shaped from the material of grief and fear. Many are on display in New York at an exhibition for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. NPR's Ketzel Levine reports on Bartow's work. View a gallery of his images.

Adding prescription drug coverage to Medicare is a hot topic again on Capitol Hill. Such a benefit would cost hundreds of billions of dollars, but no one knows where that money would come from. Still, a new poll shows a majority of Americans are in favor of the coverage -- and they think the government should foot most of the bill. NPR's Julie Rovner reports for Morning Edition. Get the complete poll results online.

A new poll shows that four out of 10 families have problems affording health care. Some are postponing visits to doctors or going without drug prescriptions because they don't have the money. Is a health care crisis looming? Richard Knox reports. Get the complete poll results online.

Nearly a century ago, a German chemist named Fritz Haber figured out a way to tap into the atmosphere's vast reservoir of nitrogen. That innovation led to nitrogen fertilizer, which transformed world food production. But the discovery has also created one of the world's greatest pollutants. NPR's Dan Charles reports.

Five people died last fall after anthrax spores were sent through the mail, and more than 30,000 people were advised to take antibiotics. A year later, the FBI has yet to make an arrest. Observers say the agency needs to re-examine the basic facts and assumptions of the case. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports for Morning Edition.

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