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Maine lobsterman and scientist Ted Ames tells host Melissa Block about how he has used his biochemistry background -- and a life on the ocean -- to study changing fish populations and develop sustainable fisheries management practices. Ames is one of the 2005 recipients of the MacArthur grants announced Tuesday.

Lawmakers are piecing together a plan to rebuild in the Gulf region that will cost more than the $60 billion already approved. The final reconstruction cost could affect your tax rate, unrelated government programs or the debts faced by your descendants.

The move has to be adopted unanimously, and Hungary — with a state oil company dependent on Russian imports and a populist leader friendlier toward Putin than most — has refused to go along.

Subscribers to The New Yorker often complain they can't get one issue read before the next one comes. That problem's about to get worse: the magazine is putting all of its back issues — dating to the 1920s — on an eight-DVD set. Steve Inskeep talks to Edward Klaris, who directed the project.

Arrest made May 9 in case of Homer woman missing since 2019

Peter Finney is a sports columnist with the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. He celebrates 60 years covering sports in "The Big Easy" and reflects on some of his most cherished memories.

London police are saying that three of Thursday's four bombings occurred nearly simultaneously. This suggests timers, rather than suicide bombers, detonated the explosions on the London subway. Earlier, authorities thought the bombs came within a half-hour period.

For decades, visitors to the turn-of-the-century Maymont House in Richmond, Va., have soaked up the excesses of the Gilded Age. Now, Maymont's newly renovated basement provides a different glimpse of life then -- that of the mostly African-American domestic workers.

Political supporters of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay are holding a testimonial dinner to show support for him, as the House Ethics Committee prepares to investigate his overseas travels with a controversial lobbyist. Meanwhile, House Republican leaders are working to ensure staffers understands current ethics rules.

More than a decade ago, the Glenview Naval Air Station, near Chicago, was closed after nearly 60 years. But the town found a way to thrive -- and it serves as a model for communities that face base closures today.