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Dozens of hospitals across the country started the year by delaying routine surgeries... again.

The cult of the TV celebrity chef has created multimedia empires, but it has also helped transform the way Americans think about food.

People who got up early to watch the Falcon 9 rocket's pre-dawn launch were treated to an ethereal spectacle, when a cloud of illuminated gases moved across the sky.

Some U.S. soldiers and Marines headed for Iraq will get high-tech help with language skills -- an interactive computer game called Tactical Iraqi that puts virtual troops in situations real troops might encounter in the field.

The show is live in Philly this week, and we invited one of the city's heroes. Darryl "Cornbread" McCray is the father of modern graffiti, but what does he know about the game of tag?

The number of new SARS cases in Hong Kong is on the decline. Health workers there were able to identify -- and put a stop to -- specific practices that spread the potentially fatal disease. NPR's Joe Palca reports from the hospital where SARS was first discovered in Hong Kong.

Smithsonian Institution officials defend their decision to move an exhibit of photos of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to an out-of-the-way location in the Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., saying the photo captions advocated protecting the refuge. View some of the photos that sparked the controversy.

Miami's soul music legend asks us to stop and see what's goin' down in this "Dizzy Dizzy World."

Caspar W. Weinberger, who served in the Nixon and Reagan cabinets as secretary of health, education and welfare and secretary of defense, has died at age 88. Nicknamed "Cap the Knife" for his budget-cutting reputation, he became a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal.

Peat bogs soak up more carbon dioxide than all the world's tropical rainforests. These vast carbon sinks are crucial to keeping global warming in check. But scientists wonder if bogs can maintain their roles as carbon sinks as humans pump more pollutants into the atmosphere. NPR's Richard Harris reports.