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While Sept. 11 commission co-chairman Thomas Kean considers the panel's report definitive, he concedes many details remain cloudy. Some groups say more investigation is needed to answer critical questions. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

During the 1992 riots, central Los Angeles' Koreatown was looted. But the area has become a large, bustling part of the city, as luxury complexes gentrify the neighborhood home to many affluent Korean Americans. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

Forty-two of the nation's governors come to Washington to demand more funding for education at the National Education Summit. At issue are the costs many states are incurring in their attempts to follow the No Child Left Behind Act.

The latest intelligence report, leaked to the press Wednesday, highlights failures that led up to the Iraq war. Our senior news analyst says that failures like these have happened many times before in U.S. intelligence-gathering history.

A new report illustrates the economic benefits of early childhood education, pointing out that child care contributes significantly to many state economies. Advocates argue for universal pre-kindergarten support nationwide; critics are skeptical that benefits can be reproduced for every state.

Many may not recognize The Dana Owens album as the latest work of Queen Latifah. Music critic Oliver Wang reviews her new album and says its ballads are far from the hip-hop sound that brought her fame.

Former Iraqi Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmed surrenders to U.S. forces in Mosul after weeks of negotiations. Ahmed remains a popular figure with many Iraqis, and that affects the manner in which American officials are dealing with him. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.

More than 1,100 American troops have been wounded in action in Iraq. Many face long, difficult months of rehabilitation. NPR's Joseph Shapiro profiles one Marine learning to walk again at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

With the U.S. economy faltering, many American businesses focus their energies on winning contracts to reconstruct Iraq. Corporations say the process of replacing Iraq's infrastructure could provide business opportunities for years to come. Hear NPR's Peter Overby.

NPR's Nick Spicer in Baghdad reports on the growing number of murders of members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. The U.S. civil administration in Iraq has banned Baathists from key government posts. Many party members are in hiding or have fled into exile amid a campaign of revenge killings in the streets of the capital.