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After four years and more than $33 million, the U.S. Botanic Garden at the foot of the Capitol Building shines like a new jewel. Follow along with NPR's Susan Stamberg as she gets a sneak preview of the wholly renovated facility -- and the 4,000 plants at home under the towering glass domes.

Cheetahs are the fastest land animals on the planet -- and their numbers are dropping just as fast. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that at a unique Texas animal sanctuary, wildlife experts are fighting to save the cat from extinction and inbreeding.

Two new studies are giving marine biologists new confidence they'll be able to save the severely endangered rights -- one whale at a time. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from New York on what Russian President Vladimir Putin said last night during a special call-in program on National Public Radio. He talked to NPR's Robert Siegel and answered questions from NPR listeners. Before the broadcast, the Russian President visited the site of the World Trade Center disaster and met with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.

For another year, Morning Edition presents the annual Fantasy Thanksgiving Day bash, replete with great chefs sharing supberb food.

Simon Shaheen is a virtuoso on the violin and the oud (ood), but his real passion comes in educating the world about the subtleties of Arabic music. He talks with host Lisa Simeone, plays the oud, and talks about his latest CD, Blue Flame.

Researchers writing in Science magazine report they may have found a new deep-sea squid -- all 23 feet of it. Several of these giraffe-sized beasts have been encountered in the deep -- and largely unexplored -- waters of the world's oceans. NPR's Chris Joyce reports for All Things Considered.

As the Olympic flame is lit in Greece, the American designer of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic torch hopes the cross-country torch relay brings a message of unity and peace.

Sandy Tolan reports for American Radio Works on the long Middle Eastern history of animosity toward the West, and America in particular. He says the Arab suspicion of the West reaches back to the days of the Christian Crusades, and has been compounded by more recent history, such as American support for Israel. There is a tension in modern Jordan and Egypt, for example, between a sense of great pride in Arab culture and a sense of defeat by the culture of the West. American films and freedom are admired by many, but American foreign policy is not. American Radio Works in the documentary project of National Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio.

NPR's Steve Inskeep in Kandahar reports a U.N. team has begun an effort to deal with the thousands of landmines and unexploded bombs that litter the countryside around the former Taliban stronghold.