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Apple Corps, the company that handles the finances of the former Beatles and their estates, is suing Apple Computer. The suit is over the computer company's use of Apple as a trademark in the distribution of music, via iTunes and iPods. Joel Rose, of member station WHYY, reports.

President Bush may use his executive powers to unilaterally enact recommendations of the 9-11 Commission, say administration officials. Over the weekend, Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry said he had found several recommendations the president could adopt on his own authority. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

As fighting continues in Najaf for the fifth day, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr vows to fight to the death. Authorities announced a curfew in part of eastern Baghdad, where Sadr supporters have been battling Iraqi and foreign troops. Meanwhile, five British soldiers were wounded in clashes in the southernmost city of Basra. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

One of the few new ideas in health care this year is a piece of John Kerry's health plan that would have the federal government take over the costs of patients with "catastrophic" illnesses. Kerry and some analysts say it would reduce premiums and help shore up the employer insurance system. Critics say it would just get the government even more involved in health care. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

An apparent coup attempt in the tiny West African nation of Equatorial Guinea has drawn in a rich cast of characters, including a handful of rich and prominent Britons. Chief among them are Mark Thatcher, the son of Britain's former prime minister, and former conservative political and novelist Jeffrey Archer. The British media have jumped on the story. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports.

A Bush administration task force has raised serious doubts about whether drugs imported from abroad can be made safe. Even if Congress doesn't loosen restrictions on prescription drug imports, analysts point to many other ways consumers can reduce their spending on medicines. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

New York City's most famous evicted red-tailed hawks, Pale Male and Lola, have gotten their nest back -- or at least a new steel-cradle structure and the spikes to anchor it. Now they can return to their home atop a Fifth Avenue co-op building. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi vows to hold parliamentary elections in January, as planned. U.S. forces are planning an all-out offensive on insurgent-held areas to help ensure elections can take place, according to a report in The New York Times. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden, retired Air Force Col. Sam Gardiner, and professor Fawaz Gerges.

U.S. soldiers are attempting to train new Iraqi soldiers outside Mosul, but threats of violence and anti-American sentiment make the job a daunting one. Some of the soldiers say few in the U.S. understand the complexities or the scale of the insurgency they're confronting. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Researchers find children who suffer anxiety are more prone to eating disorders later in life. A comparison of some 700 women with eating disorders to those without them found that women with the disorders were twice as likely to have suffered anxiety as children. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.