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Fierce street fighting breaks out in a Sunni neighborhood of Baghdad. And battles continue around Fallujah, even as U.S. occupation authorities dispatch an Iraqi delegation to negotiate a cease-fire there. There are reports that insurgents may agree to a truce beginning Sunday. Hear NPR's Cheryl Corley and Anthony Shadid of The Washington Post.

Despite the intensified fighting in Iraq, South Korea is committed to sending 3,000 more troops to assist the U.S.-led occupation. Meanwhile, the painful memory of 5,000 South Koreans who died fighting alongside Americans in the Vietnam War still looms. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

In the first in a three-part series on California's Inland Empire, NPR's Carrie Kahn reports that while the economic recovery sputters around the country, this bastion of suburbia east of Los Angeles is booming. The housing market and robust economy continue to draw people by the millions, ultimately pushing the affordable housing even further east and north, over the mountains and into the desert.

Thousands of well-wishers turn out at Fort Riley -- a sprawling Army base in the Kansas heartland -- to welcome home soldiers returning from Iraq. Many had spent more than a year on duty. Their return was tinged with sadness: Five soldiers based at Fort Riley were killed earlier in the week in Fallujah. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

NPR's Nina Totenberg finishes her series of reports based on the newly released records of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, who died five years ago. Some of the thousands of documents trace the relationship of Blackmun and Chief Justice Warren Burger, who grew up together and delighted in serving on the court together. Later, professional conflicts damaged their friendship.

A new study finds that high-intensity treatment with drugs known as statins may help keep heart arteries from getting clogged with cholesterol. The results -- dramatically lower cholesterol levels -- may in turn prevent heart attacks and other heart disease. The study was released Monday by the New England Journal of Medicine. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

Osama bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is reportedly cornered by Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border. The United States has offered a $25 million reward for the Egyptian-born Zawahiri's capture. Pakistani officials say a fierce battle with al Qaeda fighters is being waged. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

Relatives of victims who died in the attack on the World Trade Center don't like the fact that President Bush is using images from "Ground Zero" in his campaign ads, and are calling on the president to pull the commercials from the air. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

Encouraged by a Food and Drug Administration ruling last year banning weight-loss supplements containing ephedra, a consumer advocacy group targets at least a dozen other dietary supplements. The FDA had never before banned a dietary supplement, and it took years to agree on a ban on ephedra. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports.

Lead in drinking water in Washington, D.C., is just part of a larger, more profound problem that affects cities across the country. In his second report about contaminated drinking water, NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reveals that many cities are still getting their drinking water from systems that date back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.