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Medicare's drug discount drug program starts June 1, but seniors and advocacy groups say the process is still confusing. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports from a class that is trying to help seniors get the best deal for them.

In 1940, author John Steinbeck and his friend Ed Ricketts, a marine biologist, sailed to the Sea of Cortez to document wildlife. Now scientists are re-tracing their route. The Radio Expeditions series joins them.

Last November, the Red Cross handed high-level U.S. military officials in Iraq a harshly worded report describing abuses at Abu Ghraib, The Wall Street Journal reports. Sources tell the paper that military officials were skeptical of the report and seemed more concerned with restricting Red Cross access to the prison. Hear NPR's Steve Inkseep and Journal reporter Greg Jaffe.

NPR's Scott Simon and some NPR editors try out Hinky Pinky -- one of the games from Jim Gladstone's book Games to Go.

NPR's Eric Westervelt in Baghdad reports on reaction among Iraqis to the beheading of American businessman Nicholas Berg. A video of the beheading by masked militants was carried on some Arabic language satellite television networks. Many Iraqis say they were horrified by the act, which they called "un-Islamic."

NPR's Art Silverman talks to war veterans gathering at the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The memorial will be dedicated in an official ceremony on Saturday.

In the final part of a series on Brown vs. Board of Education, NPR's Juan Williams reports on the integration of public schools in Prince Edward County, Va., and its effect on two white families. Monday is the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that brought desegregation to the classroom.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Paul Eisenstein, publisher of the Internet magazine TheCarConnection.com, about how surging gas prices are affecting American's car purchases.

President Bush welcomes the formation of Iraq's interim government, saying it brings the country closer to democracy. With the leadership named, the United States and Britain hope the U.N. will approve a Security Council resolution that details security arrangements and the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani defends the actions of city personnel who responded to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Testifying before the Sept. 11 Commission, Giuliani said the time for blame has passed. His remarks drew heckles from the audience, which earlier heard a report that shortcomings in the city's communications raised the disaster's death toll.