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The Syrian government and people have welcomed Lebanese evacuees from the Israel-Hezbollah fighting with open arms, despite a strained relationship between the two countries. For the moment, their differences has been forgotten as Lebanese stream into Damascus.

Marine and Army investigators are struggling to get permission to exhume the bodies of Iraqis to strengthen criminal cases against American soldiers and Marines. But their efforts are at odds with the religious and cultural sensitivities of Muslims, who generally bar disturbing a body once it is buried.

The lockdown of China's largest city has dealt a blow to the economy and frustrated residents.

A constitutional crisis may be bubbling in Washington, where the search of a congressional office last week has lawmakers questioning the Executive Branch's limits. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Akhil Reed Amar, professor of law and political science at Yale University. Professor Amar is writing on the issue for Slate.

In his new book, Horsemen of the Esophagus, Jason Fagone takes a look at the funny — and just slightly frightening — world of competitive eating.

Afghanistan is experiencing the worst fighting since the fall of the Taliban. Barnett Rubin, director of studies at New York University's Center on International Cooperation, tells Debbie Elliott abut the growing insurgency in the south.

US Attorney's office says Crumpton can be tried in both state and federal court.

Retired Adm. John Hutson, a former judge advocate general in the Navy, talks with Renee Montagne about a memo directing the U.S. military to abide by Article Three of the Geneva Conventions in the treatment of detainees. Hutson is one of three retired officers who recently filed a brief on behalf of the Guantanamo detainees.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is trying to put an end to kite tubing, a sport in which a person soars aloft while tethered to a boat. The agency has issued a recall of kite tubes, saying too many people have been hurt or killed in falls.

As the Mideast crisis continues to intensify, the head of Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah declares "open war," and Israel says it will not stop its military campaign until Hezbollah is disarmed.