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Days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall east of New Orleans, thousands are still stranded in the city. And the city's mayor has issued what he called an "Urgent SOS" for help. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is overseeing the biggest recovery operation in U.S. history.

Photographer Theresa Manzanares describes why she loves her toy cameras, even though the cheap plastic housing often allows light to leak in and partially expose the film inside. Fans of the cameras say the leaks make for oddly intriguing photos that add mystery to the process of creating art.

Some 300 million monarch butterflies spread all over North America will soon converge on small forests in the mountains of Mexico. This year, the butterflies have unusual company -- Francisco Gutierrez. He plans to follow the monarchs' migration in a 33-foot wide utralight airplane.

Sgt. William Thompson IV, a soldier currently deployed in Iraq, is a third-generation jazz musician from New Orleans. But during his time in Iraq, he's turned to a different musical form: Using his laptop, he records the sounds of war and incorporates them into compositions that he posts online.

States have been asked to increase accessibility of baby formula for recipients of the low-income program. And the Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to make it easier to import formula.

Hurricane Rita is gaining strength as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico, with current sustained wind speeds topping 135 miles per hour. Forecasters expect the Category Four storm to hit the Gulf coast of Texas or western Louisiana by early Saturday.

Every decade or so, it seems that Las Vegas reinvents itself -- remember when it became "family friendly" in the 1990s? Now Las Vegas is the center of a new entertainment trend. New York-based reporter Jeff Lunden checks it out.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with journalist Sulochana Ramiah about Sri Lanka's protests, which have turned violent. The country is in crisis, with power blackouts and food shortages.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has been testing the limits of how much his state can do to curb unauthorized migration. But Abbott's sweeping crackdown hasn't always gone as planned.

The new album by hip-hop superstar Kendrick Lamar is called Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers and is out Friday. It's been more than 5 years since his last album.