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The Boston-based Dresden Dolls are on the verge of making it. They have a record label deal, draw ever-larger crowds and open for big-name bands. Still, just making enough money to survive remains a struggle.

The Chicago White Sox make a triumphant return to their hometown following their sweep of the World Series. They are greeted by a parade and welcome-home celebration. Chicago Public Radio's Jay Field reports.

President Bush's secretaries of State and Defense spent their days defending his new plan in Iraq, first at a White House news conference and then on Capitol Hill. Secretaries Rice and Gates found only minimal support for a greater troop commitment in Congress.

To be considered a true Camembert, the French cheese must be made in Normandy, from the milk of Norman cows. But in the village of Camembert itself, only one man makes the cheese in the traditional way.

Colombian-American photographer and filmmaker Juan Arredondo turns his lens on the people of the world who do not have birth and death certificates — and how these vital records are created.

Nearly a week after the South Asian quake, residents of one remote village in northern Pakistan went to Friday prayers in an open field because the quake destroyed the village mosque.

Korva talks with Catherine Sneed, director of the Garden Project in San Francisco. The program provides an opportunity for inmates and newly-released former prisoners to get their lives back on track by planting trees around the city and raising flowers and vegetables for the city's restaurants and homeless shelters. Korva also talks with Anthony Travis, a former inmate now in the program who says his life has benefitted from his involvement in the the Garden Project.

Officials in Pakistan now say as many as 40,000 may have been killed in Saturday's earthquake, and the toll could go higher. Neighboring India also saw an impact, with widespread damage and at least 2,000 killed. Relief from donor countries is beginning to trickle in, but more is needed.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrives in Baghdad -- a visit aimed at lifting troop morale amid the controversy over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers is traveling with Rumseld on the unannounced visit. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Rice University has developed the world's darkest material, made from millions of tiny vertical tubes of carbon. Pulickel Ajayan, who helped lead the project, says the material isn't perfect, but it's "pretty dark." It approaches the elusive ideal black, which would absorb all colors of light and reflect none.

President Trump heralded an advance in making a deal with Iran to end the war, but the way forward remains unclear.

An encyclopedia of all things New Jersey hits bookstores Monday, featuring the work of some 800 freelance writers on topics from property redevelopment to the story of tomato cultivation in the state. The project took nine years and was inspired by a similar work in New York. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Marc Mappen, co-editor of The Encyclopedia of New Jersey.