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A draft flu-pandemic response plan from the federal government says a worst-case scenario could kill as many as 2 million people in the United States. The draft Bush administration plan is an update to the $7.1 billion in pandemic preparations that it proposed last fall. The plan outlines exactly which government agency is responsible for about 300 tasks.

Japan steps up pressure on North Korea, warning Sunday that "all options are on the table" if the communist state test-launches a long-range missile. The last North Korean missile launch in 1998 sparked a debate about Japan's national defense and strengthened its nationalist sentiment.

In the automotive world, some names provoke an immediate reaction. One is Malcolm Bricklin, who helped bring the Subaru to the United States in the 1960s. Now he wants to bring Chinese cars to the U.S. market.

The Supreme Court rules that a company must pay damages to a female employee it punished after she filed a discrimination complaint. The original ruling upheld by the court ordered the company to pay $43,000 to the woman.

Bush administration officials confirm that, since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. government has been tracking terrorist finances by accessing a vast, international data base known as SWIFT. The officials defend the program as "legal, targeted and effective."

A new survey shows a significant decline in the incomes of primary care doctors between 1995 and 2003. During that same period, the U.S. was trying to get more medical students to go into primary care. The drop was largely the result of reduced payments by insurance companies. One Washington, D.C., family doctor is trying to reverse the trend.

President Bush stops the purchase of crude oil this summer for the government's emergency reserve, making more available for public consumption. He is also suspending and easing some environmental rules in hope of increasing refining capacity.

April 25 is Yom Hashoah, an annual remembrance of the Holocaust. It is still used as a touchstone for modern-day genocide. For NPR's Jeffrey Katz, it is more than a day of remembrance

The deadline to enroll in Medicare's new prescription drug plan is Monday, but millions of seniors have yet to decide whether they plan to join the government program. It's the largest expansion of the Medicare program in more than 40 years -- and for many, the most confusing. Michele Norris talks with Alan Julius, a pharmacist in Cherokee, Iowa.

Babe Ruth gave the home run its status as a potent weapon in the game of baseball, the author of a new biography says. "Before [he] came along, the home run was kind of a mistake...," Leigh Montville says.