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As part of NPR's year-long "Housing First" project, Morning Edition airs three reports on the economics of housing for some of the neediest Americans. In the second of three reports, NPR's Ina Jaffe reports from the once-gritty neighborhood of Venice Beach, Calif., now a hip destination for more affluent renters. Low-cost housing is drying up, and the elderly and poor are being pushed out.

The window of opportunity to control the security situation in Iraq is closing, according to a report from an independent assessment team dispatched to the country by the Pentagon. The report comes as morale among U.S. troops in Iraq is declining, and cultural and language misunderstandings between Iraqis and Americans are heightening tensions. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

World Health Organization investigators say China under-reports cases of the deadly SARS virus in Beijing military hospitals and bars the release of details. WHO officials think China has 100 to 200 SARS cases, and that's three to five times more than China has reported. In Beijing, Anthony Kuhn reports.

NPR's Robert Siegel explores the much-ballyhooed decision to include hundreds of reporters with troops in Iraq. In Pentagon terms these reporters were "embedded" with the U.S. forces. We hear the thoughts of Deputy Defense Secretary Brian Whitman, Washington Post reporter Rick Atkinson, Harvard scholar Marvin Kalb, NPR's John Burnett and writer Eric Alterman.

Reporter Robin White reports on a parasite responsible for killing oneybees in the U.S. Honeybees provide an essential link in the agriculture ood chain.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the 60th anniversary of Consumers Union, publishers of Consumer Reports.

REPORTER ANSEL MARTINEZ REPORTS ON THE U.S. OLIVE OIL INDUSTRY THAT IS HOPING TO COMPETE WITH ITS EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS.

The documentary tells the story of a news outlet run by women from marginalized communities. The directors are thrilled by the nomination. But the reporters say their full story wasn't told.

The mortgage giant sought to buy influence in Washington with discounts given to lawmakers and their aides, a new House report concludes. It also says Countrywide may have "skirted the federal bribery statute."

One official said most of the information coming from the "Fusion Centers" was a "bunch of crap." That despite the fact that the federal government spent hundreds of millions of the dollars on the post-Sept. 11 initiative.