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The discovery last month of a tiny skeleton dubbed "Hobbit" was proclaimed by its discoverers as part of a newly discovered human species. But that claim has met with skepticism from others in the scientific community. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

With much riding on this week's intelligence bill vote, many in Congress are saying the president has pushed hard enough. NPR's Cokie Roberts reports on the details of the intelligence bill vote.

The Supreme Court has thrown out the federal sentencing guidelines that Congress imposed, returning more power to judges to decide how severely to punish crime. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.

NPR's Mike Pesca reports on what Iraqi citizens living in the United States have to do to vote in their country's upcoming elections.

The defense rests in the court-martial of Army Spc. Charles Graner, charged in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Graner did not take the stand, despite saying that he planned to testify. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

On Jan. 4, Milwaukee Democrat Gwen Moore made history by becoming Wisconsin's first African-American member of Congress. A former welfare recipient, Moore spent 16 years in the Wisconsin Legislature before winning the Fourth District seat.

Video game producer Ellen Hobbs had a problem with an amazon.com order, but could not find a customer-service phone number on the Web site. So she combed the Internet for a number and posted it on her own site. In December alone, more than 23,000 people visited her site to find the telephone number. Hobbs tells NPR's Scott Simon that sometimes customers with problems simply want to talk to a human being.

NPR's Tony Cox talks with veteran financial journalist Lynnette Khalfani, who shares advice on how to trim credit card debt in 2005 and exercise good financial management in the new year.

NPR's Madeleine Brand speak with NPR's Don Gonyea, reporting from the White House about President Bush's latest nominee to direct the Department of Homeland Security -- Michael Chertoff, a federal appeals court judge and former prosecutor.

At the youthful age of 23, Tiffany Williams is finishing her last year in medical school. NPR's Tony Cox speaks with Williams about a program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City that accepts students directly out of high school and, in only six years, transforms them into doctors.