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President Bush on Monday praised congressional leaders for their bipartisan cooperation in revising the $700 billion bank rescue plan and said he is confident the bill will help stabilize the nation's ailing economy. In an early morning address at the White House, the president urged Congress to pass the plan quickly.

As a child, Emily Wylie always wanted to be a cowboy — or maybe an Indian. Though she no longer constructs teepees out of table cloths, she turns to these three books when she wants to relive her romance with the American West.

It started as a protest in 2004, Hank Robar placed several toilets filled with fake flowers on his property in Potsdam. Officials ordered him to remove them. The case went to federal court.

In a split with President Trump, Vice President Pence will attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has said he will not attend.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan gives us her picks for the best holiday books of 2004. Her choices range from literary thrillers to a new biography of Ben Franklin.

Federal authorities have found an 1,800-foot tunnel connecting Tijuana and San Diego. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also seized about 30 tons of marijuana as part of the bust.

As part of "The Changing Face of America" series, NPR's Margot Adler explores how teenagers' computer skills have altered the balance of power in families and schools. Teachers and parents depend on their kids -- in many cases -- to solve Internet and other computer questions. This has changed the dynamic at times in homes and classrooms. There's a sharing of skill. Adler visits Champlain Valley Union High School in Vermont, where some teachers have adopted kids as "mentors" to learn the latest in high-tech skills. MIT Media Lab consultant Seymour Pappert says this growing power for kids will mean less rebellion and more confidence.

Andy Martin, a Tulane University medical student who researched a rare and untreatable form of cancer with which he was diagnosed, has died at age 32. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel.

"Fairy doors" are popping up in the downtown area of Ann Arbor, Mich. The miniature openings into imagined fairy homes are an unsponsored, unauthorized public art that's captured the imagination of the city.

Gary Himmelfarb, a.k.a. Doctor Dread, has always admired the music of Robert Zimmerman, a.k.a. Bob Dylan. The result is a new tribute album to the protest singer, cast in the protest music of reggae. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Doctor Dread.