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After years of study, Rocky Mountain National Park has become the first national park to establish a "critical load" for pollution. The load represents the limit beyond which pollutants cause harm to wildlife and plants. The nitrogen levels in the park are already more than twice the critical load.

Christopher O'Riley, host of NPR's From the Top, considers Elliott Smith to be one America's greatest songwriters. Smith died in 2003 before ever achieving massive fame. O'Riley's latest release, Home to Oblivion, is a classical translation of Smith's work.

The budget of a proposed World Trade Center memorial has surged to almost $1 billion. Beth Fertig of member station WNYC visits an aircraft hangar at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City where wreckage and artifacts from the fallen Twin Towers are being housed until the memorial plans are finalized.

In an interview with NPR.org — just in time for Father's Day — noted sportswriter Christine Brennan reflects on a father who taught her to throw a tight spiral... and advised her that "life ain't no dress rehearsal."

The news that Karl Rove will not be prosecuted in the CIA leak investigation ends months of speculation surrounding the man known as the 'architect' or 'boy genius' for his successful management of President Bush's campaigns -- and for crafting a presidential grand strategy for conservatism in the 21st century.

President Bush arrives in Baghdad for a surprise meeting with leaders of Iraq's new government. The president was scheduled to meet Iraqis by teleconference, but went in person instead.

Just how swanky does your office need to be? That's a loaded question in parts of China, where some district governments have built huge, palatial headquarters. There has long been unrest in China over waste and mismanagement in local government. But as the country's economy has expanded, the problem only seems to get worse.

Bluegrass legend Del McCoury, a devout Baptist and internationally known musician, is getting around to something that he's always wanted to do in his five-decade career — he's releasing his band's first gospel album.

Over the weekend, 83 bodies were delivered to the Baghdad morgue. The figure is high even by the grim standards of a venue that has seen thousands of corpses this year.

The Islamist militia that ousted the secular warlords who ran the Somali capital of Mogadishu for 15 years have begun imposing their own brand of Muslim rule. Alex Chadwick talks with Rob Crilly, reporting from Somalia for The Christian Science Monitor, about the changes seem with the transfer of power. Crilly is one of a very few reporters reporting from Mogadishu -- a neglected, crumbling city the ousted warlords have vowed to recapture.