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Demonstrations against the Israeli military campaign in Lebanon have been growing on the streets of Arab capitals. Pro-American Arab leaders are recalibrating their positions. U.S. hopes of keeping them on board for a wider Middle East initiative may be eroding.

The Base Closure and Realignment Commission this week will hold its first public hearing (in Rapid City, S.D.) since releasing its base closure list. Communities and congressional members that are facing changes are preparing to make their cases.

Elizabeth Edwards spoke Monday at the City Club of Cleveland in her first solo public appearance since learning that her cancer has returned. The wife of presidential candidate John Edwards said she was touched by a national outpouring of phone calls and e-mails expressing sorrow for her turn for the worse.

President Bush is in Texas Sunday for a briefing on the damage caused by Hurricane Rita. He spent Saturday at Peterson Air Force base in Colorado Springs, Colo., monitoring the storm and the federal response.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to give a speech on the tradition of religious tolerance in America. He's expected to talk about how his Mormon faith would inform his presidency if he's elected. Polls show rival Mike Huckabee pulling ahead of Romney in Iowa.

No new talks are planned on the screenwriters strike, but a new survey shows that the public supports the screenwriters.

Officials in New Orleans plan to demolish four public housing projects -- and build mixed-income developments. It's part of an effort to make sure poverty is not concentrated in a rebuilt New Orleans. But many public housing residents are not pleased.

The nation bid farewell to President Ronald Reagan Friday at a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Attended by four former presidents and dignitaries from around the world, the funeral capped a week of public mourning. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

With tax revenues waning, many public schools are looking for new sources of money. In the first part of "Beyond the Bake Sale," a Morning Edition series, NPR's Emily Harris looks at the debate over exclusive soft drink contracts with schools that have some parents and physicians worried.

A new book says snark is threatening to take over how Americans converse. Snark is a tone of teasing or snideness. David Denby, the author of Snark, discusses about how clever put-downs and cheap shots are coarsening public debate.