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A Bloomberg News analysis finds that weapons sales to Guatemala has been among the steepest of any nation.

The military rescues a U.S. Army prisoner of war in Iraq. The Pentagon confirms that 19-year-old Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch of Palestine, W.Va., has been returned to an allied-controlled area. Lynch was a supply clerk with a convoy that was ambushed on March 23 near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. NPR's Nick Spicer reports.

One of the most competitive contests in the U.S. House of Representatives this year is also one of the most ethnically diverse. Republican Goli Ameri, originally from Iran, is challenging Democratic incumbent David Wu, the only Chinese-American member of Congress. Colin Fogarty reports from Oregon Public Broadcasting.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Earl Mills Sr., Chief Flying Eagle of the Mashpee Wampanoags and author of the Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook. The Wampanoags broke bread with the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving in 1621, on Plymouth Plantation. Mills talks about what was eaten at that meal.

In his new book, journalist Jack Hitt says America's amateur spirit goes back to the nation's origins — and it's nothing to be ashamed of. The Europeans viewed the Americans as an "unfinished people," Hitt says. "We were amateur everything." And it's only made the nation better.

Sherman Alexie has written novels and other works of fiction, such as Reservation Blues, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Alexie about his most recent book of short stories, Ten Little Indians.

Modern antidepressant drugs called SSRIs have benefited millions of people with mental disorders, but it's the possible dangers of those drugs that have grabbed headlines lately. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports.

Of the tea sold in the United States each year, 85 percent is consumed as iced tea. When it comes to hot caffeinated beverages, Americans still prefer coffee. But that's changing. A boom in premium and specialty teas has forced the venerable tea company, Lipton's, to make changes to its products.

The latest government figures show the personal savings rate has increased. For most of 2007, the rate was barely above 0. For December 2008, it was about 5 percent. David Wessel, of The Wall Street Journal, discusses how saving more now is actually hurting the economy.

Continuing a week-long series on problems common throughout Latin America, NPR's Martin Kaste reports on the prevalent black market economy in Caracas, Venezuela. Confronted with a shortage of jobs and economic hardship, many residents of the metropolitan capital area have resorted to joining the so-called "informal economy" in order to make ends meet.