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Transplant surgeons and organ recipients will address black churches around the nation Sunday as they seek to raise awareness about the need for organ donation within the African-American community. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Dr. Robert Higgins.

Since U.S. immigration laws were revamped in the 1990s, tens of thousands of immigrants who've committed a crime have been rounded up for deportation. In the first of two reports, NPR investigates allegations that guards beat detainees and terrorized them with dogs at one New Jersey jail.

A new study finds that deaths in cancer drug trials have declined tenfold, thanks to the development of drugs that are better targeted at tumors and less toxic than previous medicines. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

A listener has a question of conscience for Randy Cohen, author of The Ethicist column in the The New York Times Magazine. Is it wrong for an American to pay half price for Russian opera tickets? Hear Cohen and NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

Dutch-born painter Willem de Kooning is remembered as the first modern art star. The story of his life and influence on 20th century American art is told in the book De Kooning: An American Master. Liane Hansen talks with the authors.

Overfishing and pollution in the Caspian Sea have put the caviar-producing beluga sturgeon on the "threatened with extinction" list. Gourmets are searching for alternatives. Douglas Meyer visits Sunburst Trout Farm in Canton, N.C., where the rainbow trout caviar is getting a lot of attention.

In her latest book, best-selling humor writer Jill Conner Browne — better known as the Sweet Potato Queen — shares her insights on men, classifying them into handy spud categories (Mr. Right is a Spud Stud.) NPR's Debbie Elliott caught up with the Queen and her sparkling, tiara-wearing fans.

David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal talks about President Bush's economic summit, which begins Wednesday. The president will attend sessions on tort and social security reform. Wessel says Mr. Bush still has to sell Capitol Hill on his ideas, even with his expanded majority in both chambers of Congress. Hear Wessel and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Why do some cakes seem to go so well on the way into the oven, but come out as disastrous sinkholes? The Food Network's Alton Brown solves the mysteries of cake-baking in the second of our series of holiday baking tips. He talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

In Brussels, European leaders reach an agreement to begin talks next year that could eventually allow Turkey to join the E.U. Western leaders insist that Turkey move toward normalizing relations with the island of Cyprus. Turkish troops have occupied the northern part of the island for decades. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Ivan Watson.