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Haifa Street has long been one of the most dangerous in Baghdad. Insurgents stage regular attacks on American troops patrolling the road. Now, the Iraqi Army is taking over the mission, but the U.S. military can't depart just yet. Deborah Amos reports from Baghdad on how the Iraqis are doing.

The reported killing of an al Qaeda operative in Pakistan is raising new questions about the CIA-operated Predator drone. Only a small number of terror suspects are known to have been killed by Predators. Experts say they're relatively cheap, deadly accurate and great at hitting targets on the move.

The Assassins' Gate is New Yorker reporter George Packer's scathing account of the Bush administration's push to change the political future of the Middle East through force.

Many Americans got their first news on the Iraq war from embedded reporters. Steve Mumford embedded himself as an artist, working in Baghdad four times between 2003 and 2004.

In almost every big city in the United States, traffic is terrible and likely to get worse, according to a new study from the Texas Transportation Institute. In 1982, the average driver spent 16 hours stuck in traffic. That number is now at 42 hours a year. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Steve Dworman, publisher of the Infomercial Marketing Report, about the 20th anniversary of the infomercial being celebrated in Las Vegas at the Electronic Retailing Assn. conference. Dworman says major TV networks are starting to incorporate infomercial programming into their traditional lineups. "Oprah did it with the car giveaway," he says. "That was essentially an hour-long infomercial."

Foreign life forms ranging from the dreaded zebra mussel to mute swans are taking over the American countryside. Biologists haven't had much luck in their fight to stop this "silent invasion," but the battle isn't over yet. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

Congress and many states are trying to require restaurant chains to post nutritional information on their menus in an effort to combat obesity. The restaurant industry opposes such mandates, arguing that the market will naturally respond to consumer demand. The popular restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday's already has. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.

Supporters of gun control make a last-ditch effort to renew the 10-year-old ban on assault weapons. Although President Bush has said he would sign a renewal of the ban, there has been no movement among congressional leaders to save the law, set to expire next week. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

John Kerry says he would make America's military stronger if he were president. The Democratic nominee, speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, criticized President Bush's proposed reductions in U.S. troop levels abroad. NPR's Juan Williams reports.