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The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine is awarded to J. Robin Warren and Barry J. Marshall for their 1982 discovery that bacteria, not stress, cause peptic ulcers.

Powerful Texas Republican Tom DeLay reacts to his indictment on a criminal conspiracy charge by saying he has done nothing wrong and calling the prosecutor a "partisan fanatic." Also, other congressmen react to the charges.

Steve Inskeep talks to Wayne Slater, senior political writer of the Dallas Morning News, about Ronnie Earle. Earle is the district attorney leading the charges against Tom DeLay.

Utah has welcomed New Orleans hurricane evacuees, placing them in apartments and generally putting out the welcome mat. Despite dramatic differences between the two locales, many evacuees say they will stay in Utah.

Thousands have ordered Acu-Gen's Baby Gender Mentor, which claims to give conclusive proof of the sex of a fetus earlier than a sonogram. But some mothers and scientists say the small biotech company can't deliver on its promises.

A new set of documents from Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito contains his argument that executive-branch officials have immunity when ordering domestic wiretaps in violation of the law. Other documents from his years at the Justice Department reveal a restrictive position on racial discrimination.

Many people mark the end-of-year holidays by heading home to reflect on the past year with close friends and family. But what do you do when the home you knew is no longer there to return to? All Things Considered looks at how victims of Hurricane Katrina are redefining the concept of home.

Efforts are under way to establish a tsunami early-warning system in the Indian Ocean, one year after the devastating tsunami. Financial and technological help have been flowing into the project from around the world.

Commentator Susan Orlean visits a craft store near Boston to talk to crafters about why they do what they do. She encounters the store's craft guru, whose job it is to teach crafting, and to counsel those crafters who are stuck.

Hawaii has moved to limit wholesale gas prices, beginning next week, as consumers suffer high fuel costs. Traders drove oil prices to $68 a barrel on some markets Thursday. Hawaii, which has all of its oil shipped in, has some of the highest gas prices in the nation.