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A half century ago, a beekeeper from New Zealand and a Sherpa from Nepal reached the top of Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. To mark next month's anniversary of the epic ascent, Peter Hillary and Jamling Norgay return to Everest to retrace their fathers' legendary footsteps.

Also: In Atlanta, educators indicted in cheating scandal start turning themselves in; NRA is set to introduce its report on school safety; Nelson Mandela remains hospitalized; an American woman is reportedly gang raped in Brazil.

Lower earnings this year are forcing five-star restaurants across the country to look for ways to cut costs without compromising quality. In Portland, Maine, chef Sam Hayward is sustaining his clientele with homegrown comfort foods that are less expensive to prepare — like fish cakes and beans.

Also: Videos belie monitor's comment about "nothing frightening" happening in Syria; U.S. reportedly moving ahead with weapons sales to Iraq; air strike by Turkish warplanes kills 35 near Kurdish village.

Also: Dozens of Kmart and Sears stories to close; al-Qaida in Iraq claims responsibility for last week's deadly bombings in Baghdad; "moving melee causes chaos" at Mall of America.

Pakistan's Supreme Court has reinstated Pakistan's top judge, ruling that his suspension by Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the nation's president and military ruler, was "illegal." Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry's March suspension sparked protests by lawyers and opposition parties.

While six retired military generals have come out in the past weeks calling for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to step down, no active generals have followed suit. Time magazine reporter and commentator Douglas Waller offers some historical perspective on speaking out against a senior official.

Also in the news: World pays tribute to Vaclav Havel; WikiLeaks hearing continues; oil rig collapses off Russia's Far East coast.

The staff of NPR's Performance Toady offers its top ten CD picks for the music of Aaron Copland.

For some insight into the fighter pilot culture, Linda talks with Captain Rosemary Mariner, a retired Navy Captain Aviator. She was trained to fly planes like the fighter that collided with the US reconnaissance plane. Mariner is now a Research Fellow for the University of Tennessee, Center for the Study for War and Society.

All three started as one thing and became something else entirely as people used digital tools to add their own interpretations and comments and then spread their work around the Web.

President Bush and the U.S. Senate turn their attention to immigration as the president helps to swear in new citizens while a Senate committee writes a bill to control the flow of undocumented workers. The full Senate is expected to debate the issue for the next two weeks.