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The stated purpose of D. James Kennedy's religious network is to reclaim America for Christ, closing the gap between church and state that is written into the Constitution. The evangelist minister, who preaches from the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Coral Ridge, Fla., has radio and TV shows that are heard around the world.

The legal battle over Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged Florida woman whose life-sustaining feeding tube was removed Friday, has sparked new interest in the legal end-of-life directives known as living wills. NPR's Michele Norris discusses common questions about living wills with Dr. Barry Baines, associate medical director for Hospice of the Twin Cities and author of Ethical Wills: Putting Your Values on Paper.

Yasser Salihee was shot to death June 24 in Baghdad. A physician, he worked as a translator for visiting journalists, including Jacki Lyden. She remembers her friend, and notes that "more and more... it is Iraqis who are taking the greatest risks in the fact-finding business."

David McCullough tells Steve Inskeep about his new book 1776. The book chronicles the battles George Washington's army fought to win independence for America from Britain.

It's been 6 months since a tsunami swept across the Indian Ocean, killing a quarter of a million people in a dozen countries. As NPR's Margot Adler reports, the billions of dollars in aid that have poured into those countries is only beginning to make a dent.

For more than 40 years, millions of tons of Uranium ore were mined from Navajo lands to make nuclear weapons. Thousands of workers were exposed to deadly radiation. Those workers are about to lose funding to cover their health costs.

Two major dissident unions split from the AFL-CIO, citing declining membership. The walkout by the Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters deprives the AFL-CIO of a quarter of its membership.

Robert Siegel talks with Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, about the union's split from the AFL-CIO. Stern formally announced the division at a news conference in Chicago Monday afternoon.

House Republicans are proposing legislation that would allow people in one state to buy health insurance in another. The idea is to give consumers greater choice and more opportunities to save money on premiums. Opponents say that bargain hunters might end up with policies that don't provide adequate coverage.

U.K. police name two of the four men suspected in last week's failed attacks on London's transit system. Forensic exams link an unexploded bomb found over the weekend in London to the bombs that killed more than 50 people on July 7. Officials say the man shot dead by police Friday had no link to any of the attacks.