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Anyone who's ever helped an elderly family member knows it can be hard to get good health care for someone who's sick and frail. In Washington, D.C., some doctors are trying to make health care work better by reviving what was once a common part of a doctor's practice -- the house call.

U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) clears the way for end-of-the-month leadership elections among Republicans eager to shed the taint of scandal. He tells fellow Republicans he will focus on clearing his name. He faces charges of campaign finance violations in his home state.

Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's confirmation hearings began Monday. Senators on the Judiciary Committee highlighted abortion, executive power and civil rights as issues on which they plan to question the nominee. Alito also gave an opening statement.

Poet Brian Turner served as a sergeant in the US Army's Third Stryker Brigade in Iraq. Here, Bullet, collects the poems through which he reflects the experience of war.

Malaria is the No. 1 killer of children in Africa, and a chronic affliction in adults. As world health organizations prepare to renew a massive antimalarial campaign, a roving band of medics, Doctors Without Borders, brings a state-of-the-art drug therapy to the Niger Delta.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday began confirmation hearings on Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. Hear highlights from Monday's hearings, and listen to a nightly, 50-minute NPR special analyzing the day's events.

On Tuesday, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito acknowledged a constitutional right to privacy and distanced himself from a memo he wrote two decades ago against the right to abortion.

In 2012 the world will see the usual political changes: shifting leaderships, revolutions and protest movements. But one foreign policy analyst predicts an escalation of cyberwars between nations.

The odds seem to be against the Democrats in 2012. It doesn't appear likely that they'll take control of the House or keep control of the Senate. As for the presidential race, Barack Obama has to win three out of four key swing states to win the election. But the presidential race is still a toss-up.

The U.S. unemployment rate continues to drop and the economy keeps improving, but the European debt crisis looms. What are countries doing to prepare themselves? Not much. Still, 2012 could be a good one for the global economy.