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Oil wealth has long generated dreams of prosperity, but in the lands of production, the reserves have often brought political and economic instability. In the second of a three-part series for Morning Edition, Sandy Tolan and collaborating reporters look at Ecuador, where citizens wonder what happened to oil's long-promised benefits.

A new study finds that African Americans generally tip their waiters less than white diners, often because blacks are less familiar with the custom of tipping 15 to 20 percent. And restaurant workers of all races dislike waiting on black people because they assume the tips will be less, NPR's Juan Williams reports. Read the study, and suggestions for closing the disparity.

The task of rebuilding and re-establishing government in provincial Iraq has fallen largely to small groups of U.S. Army reservists. In Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, for example, some 30 Army reservists are trying to meet the needs of more than a million Iraqis. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

Two months after Apple Computer launches its subscription-based iTunes Music Store, analysts praise the service and say it represents the future of music on the Internet. Many music fans and analysts say the service, which allows users to buy songs over the Internet legally for 99 cents, is a model for legal distribution of music online. Hear NPR's Rick Karr.

Chicago's notorious public housing high-rises — longstanding symbols of poverty, crime and neglect — are being torn down. It's part of an ambitious citywide initiative to improve the lives of Chicago's public housing residents. But for those who've only known life in the projects, the transition isn't always easy. Independent producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister follow the story of one family making the move.

In Sri Lanka, remittances sent from abroad constitute the number one source of foreign capital, due in large part to hundreds of thousands of poor rural women who migrate to the Middle East to work as housemaids. The mass migration of women is taking a heavy toll on Sri Lankan family traditions. Sandy Tolan reports.

The bodies of two American military guards who were missing since Wednesday are found 25 miles northwest of Baghdad. Another U.S. soldier died in a grenade attack on a military convoy Friday night. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Kate Seelye.

A crowd of Iraqis is killed in an explosion at a mosque in Fallujah. Iraqi civilians say the blast was caused by a U.S. bomb or missile, but American military officials deny involvement and say it was likely caused when explosives stored near the mosque went off. In Baghdad, at least four U.S. troops are wounded when their vehicles explode. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews the new film 28 Days Later. The movie is based on the best-selling novel The Beach, in which animal-rights activists break into a lab and free infected monkeys, letting loose a virus that puts people into a permanent state of murderous rage.

Former Iraqi information Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf has surfaced on Arab television, claiming he turned himself into U.S. troops but was let go. Sahhaf's wildly implausible claims of victory during the war earned him a cult following of sorts online. Hear D.J. Lachapelle, co-creator of WeLovetheIRaqiInformationMinister.com.