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NASA head Michael Griffin says he regrets voicing his views on climate change. Griffin had told Morning Edition he wasn't sure global warming was a problem. On Monday, he told a gathering of scientists and engineers that he had tried to keep his opinions separate but that got "lost in the shuffle."

Documents relating to the late-night hospital room standoff between the Justice Department and the White House over the domestic spying program suggest that Vice President Dick Cheney punished a DOJ official who stood in the way of the reauthorization of the controversial program.

NASA's Johnson Space Center invited The Kitchen Sisters to visit its "hidden kitchen." On the eve of NASA's scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis, The Kitchen Sisters present a brief history of space food.

Author Anne Fadiman is in love with the English language. In her new book, a collection of familiar essays called At Large and At Small, she celebrates the nearly forgotten form of Romantic-era essayists such as Charles Lamb.

The annual G-8 Summit of the world's leading industrial powers convenes Wednesday in Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made climate change her top priority, but President Bush is resisting her proposals.

Ten Republican presidential hopefuls crowd the stage in New Hampshire for a debate that is largely about distancing themselves from President Bush.

President Bush arrives at the G-8 summit in Germany on Wednesday with a new plan on climate change as leaders of major industrialized countries gather for three days. But a bitter debate over missile defense looms over the talks.

After Israeli paratroopers captured Jerusalem, Jews celebrated reunification of the divided city and renewed access to the Western Wall. But many longtime residents of Jewish West Jerusalem say the city is united in theory only, and question the wisdom of holding land captured by military might 40 years ago.

Opening statements are heard in the case of James Ford Seale, who has pleaded not guilty to federal kidnapping and conspiracy charges in connection with the 1964 murders of two black teenagers who were hitchhiking in rural Mississippi. The trial is expected to take two weeks.

The Beatles', Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released June 1, 1967, in Britain, and on June 2 in the United States. The album became a phenomenon, and its sound was perfect for the then-new frequencies of FM.