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On Sept. 11, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police force lost 37 officers at Ground Zero -- more than any police force in a single incident in U.S. history. Six months later, NPR's Chris Arnold reports for All Things Considered that some officers are still struggling -- both at home and on the job -- to put their lives back together.

A new play tells the story of "Blind Tom" Wiggins, the slave whose ability to play any piece of music after hearing it only once amazed audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Susanna Capelouto reports for Morning Edition.

John McWhorter's newest book is called The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language. He has written on Ebonics, language and African Americans, and the origins of the Creole Language. His other books include Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America and Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of 'Pure' Standard English. McWhorter is a professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

Photographer Todd Hido specializes in creating evocative, moody images of lonely suburban homes. He has a new book, House Hunting, and recently he took commentator Louise Rafkin along on an outing to the suburbs. All Things Considered has the story. (4:15) House Hunting, is published by Nazraeli Press, 2001.

Federal law mandates that public schools provide for homeless children, but not many of them do. The government is stepping up enforcement to ensure that homeless kids get a decent education. Advocates from the homeless are divided on how to go about giving it to them. A two-part report for Morning Edition.

As the space shuttle Atlantis prepares for its latest mission to the International Space Station, some observers fear the will and money to finish the orbiting laboratory may be running out. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports for Morning Edition.

The Bush administration announced a new, $345-trillion proposal to extend universal health care to pets — causing the fur to fly on Capitol Hill as fiscal conservatives, animal rights groups and pro-human advocates joined the heated debate. NPR's Julie Rovner reports for All Things Considered.

Some were world famous, some were anonymous, but all performed hush-hush duties for their country. Female spies are the subject of a new exhibition: Clandestine Women: The Untold Stories of Women in Espionage. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports on Morning Edition.

Harold Parrott was present for most of the Brooklyn Dodgers' golden moments -- and some of the most disappointing. Morning Edition host Bob Edwards interviews son Brian Parrott about Harold Parrott's 1976 book The Lords of Baseball, a refreshing look at the national pastime.

Their commentaries have taken on the Middle East, the Sept. 11 attacks, Enron, anthrax, global warming and, most recently, pedophilia by priests. They are the Carmelite nuns of Indianapolis, whose opinions appear on a Web site they call Pray the News. NPR's Susan Stamberg interviews two of the nuns on Morning Edition.