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On the Senate Judiciary Committee's second day of hearings on the nomination of John Roberts for U.S. chief justice, Sen. Arlen Specter questioned Roberts on the issue of abortion rights.

The Senate Judiciary Committee opens its confirmation hearings for chief justice nominee John Roberts, as senators and Roberts himself make opening remarks. Several committee members spoke to consider how much a nominee should reveal about his opinions.

Poet and funeral director Thomas Lynch has been thinking a lot these past couple of weeks about New Orleans and how the dead are precious to those who survive them. In response to the Katrina disaster, he wrote a new poem, "Local Heroes," first published on NPR.org.

On the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death, we listen to his introspective song, "In My Life," which was released in 1965. The former Beatle and peace activist John Lennon was murdered outside his New York City apartment at age 40 on Dec. 8, 1980.

National Geographic photographer Nick Nichols calls the Congo Basin jungle of Africa The Last Place on Earth — the title of his new book detailing his adventures in the region.

Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency that he leads win the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Elbaradei was cited for addressing "one of the greatest dangers facing the world."

A manuscript in Ludwig van Beethoven's own hand was discovered in a Philadelphia seminary in July. It is expected to fetch $1.7 to $2.6 million at auction next month.

A year ago, people who predicted that Iraq was headed toward a Shia-Sunni civil war were scoffed at by supporters of the U.S.-led invasion. But sectarian strife appears to be on the rise in Baghdad.

The New York Times and its Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Judith Miller have presented twin accounts of Miller's role in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case. The articles provide details of Miller's testimony -- and open up new questions about the paper's oversight.

Along the streets of New Orleans and in front yards and driveways are refrigerators -- lots of them. And people in the city are trying to figure out how to get rid of them.