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The Best American Short Stories is a popular anthology containing works in a not-so-popular genre. Weekend Edition host Scott Simon talks with this year's guest editor, novelist Sue Miller, about the state of the short story and the works she chose for the 2002 edition. (8:20)

NPR's Jerry Hadden reports from Santiago, Chile, on the case of two American journalists killed during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 1973 coup. The widow of one has been seeking answers in her husband's case for nearly 30 years. Now, with Pinochet's hold on the Chilean court system loosening, she finally has hope.

President Bush warned Americans on Thursday to be "extra vigilant" as they head to work after the deadly explosions in London.

The Department of State cautioned Americans on Thursday not to travel to Pakistan. Officials also ordered nonessential government personnel to leave the U.S. Consulate in Lahore.

A man, a woman, a house and a pitchfork. Those four elements make Grant Wood's depression-era painting, American Gothic, instantly recognizable and easily mimicked. As part of the Present at the Creation series, NPR's Melissa Gray reports on the painting that launched a thousand parodies. Image at left courtesy Art Institute of Chicago.

They called him the Splinter and the Kid and Teddy Ballgame. But Ted Williams thought of himself in simpler terms -- as the greatest hitter who ever lived. The baseball Hall of Famer and war hero died Friday at 83. All Things Considered and NPR Online take a look back at a remarkable American life.

Author Peter Straub knows a bit about terror. As the editor of the new two-volume set American Fantastic: Tales, Terror and the Uncanny, he spent two years researching the best — and scariest — American stories, dating from the age of Edgar Allan Poe to the present.

Author Robert Kuttner writes in The Squandering of America that many of the economic policies and regulations established during the New Deal have since been replaced by a more business-friendly free market system. Kuttner is the founder and co-editor of The American Prospect.

The number of Americans without health insurance jumps almost six percent in 2002. The Census Bureau says layoffs and scaled-back job benefits are largely to blame. Healthcare coverage could become a decisive issue in next year's presidential election. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

A video posted on a militant Islamic Web site shows the beheading of a man identified as civilian contractor Eugene Armstrong. Armstrong was kidnapped along with one British and one American colleague from their house in Baghdad Thursday. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon and NPR's Robert Siegel.