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K rations weren't on the menu at the Army's 30th annual Culinary Arts Competition. At Fort Lee, Va., military chefs waged battles to see who could make the tastiest and healthiest morale-boosting dishes.

President Bush signs legislation that will allow a federal court to hear the case of Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged Florida woman. The president signed the measure early Monday morning, minutes after the House passed it on a 203-to-58 vote. The Senate approved the bill by a voice vote Sunday.

Celebrated cabaret singer Bobby Short has died at the age of 80 from leukemia. NPR's Ed Gordon remembers the performer who sang for more than three decades at New York's Carlyle Hotel.

Producer Dmae Roberts presents the story 19th-century Chinese doctor Ing "Doc" Hay, who left a lasting mark on an Oregon town and was a longtime icon for Asians emigrating to America.

Overturning Roe v. Wade could threaten birth control and other care, experts say.

Singer-songwriter Amos Lee grew up around Philadelphia, but the former teacher and bartender's music sounds more like he came from a background of porch swings and wide-open spaces.

Belmont Park is 100-years-old as it prepares for another running of the Belmont Stakes, the last leg of the Triple Crown.

Robert Siegel talks with Los Angeles Times reporter John Daniszewski about the revelation of British government memos detailing early plans for invading Iraq.

More than 10 million illegal immigrants are thought to live in the United States. Most are from Mexico. A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center examines where and how these undocumented immigrants live and work.

In 1990, lobbyists influenced a government decision to levy a tariff on Mexican cement. It's one example of how lobbying can affect the actions of federal agencies, sometimes with inadvertent costs.