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It's pink and lumpy. It's an NPR Thanksgiving tradition. And this year it's the subject of a conversation with world-famous entrepreneur Martha Stewart.

President Bush met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Wednesday in Kyoto as part of his weeklong tour of four Asian countries. In a speech, he urged China to push for political and religious freedom while condemning North Korea as a tyrant state.

Medicare recipients can now sign up to get prescription drug insurance through Medicare. But a confusing array of programs and lack of easily found details are keeping some seniors from figuring out the new system, the biggest change in Medicare since it started 40 years ago.

Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleads guilty in Miami to charges related to his purchase of a gambling boat fleet. But it's the enormous amount of money Abramoff received from Indian tribes with casino interests that made him a target of investigators and led to his guilty plea on separate charges in Washington.

Liane Hansen and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz have a special puzzle for Neal Conan, host of NPR's Talk of the Nation as contestant. Our regular puzzle will return next week.

The movie Walk the Line opens Friday. It tells the love story between the Man in Black -- Johnny Cash -- and country sweetheart June Carter, played by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. Director James Mangold talks about the movie.

Steve Inskeep talks with New York Times reporter James Risen about his new book, State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration. Risen first broke the news about the National Security Agency's secret eavesdropping program, and says it's illustrative of the administration's behavior in the war on terror.

New Orleans is working hard to get back on its feet, but its inhabitants -- including residents of Honeysuckle Lane -- continue to be frustrated with the lack of electricity, water and other basic services.

Hurricane Wilma creates severe flooding and a great deal of damage in the Yucatan Peninsula, where the huge storm lingered for more than 24 hours. Wilma battered the region's strip of beachfront resorts.

Peter Manseau's mother is a former nun; his father is a priest who remains under suspension. Manseau tells of their marriage — and his upbringing — in a new memoir, Vows.