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For many, the Blackberry is a must-have gadget, a wireless hand-held computer that can send e-mail and make phone calls. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports that as the device wins fans, it's making a cultural impact.

Millions of people enter the United States by avoiding inhabited areas, crossing fragile desert and mountain ecosystems. Often, they burn wood, leave trash and create trails. And pursuing them, the Border Patrol chews up the landscape with motorcycles, ATVs and SUVs.

The opening of an art exhibit at Arlington National Cemetery showing more than 1,300 portraits of U.S. military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq brings together artists and families of the dead.

Gordon Brown is making his first official visit to the United States since becoming British prime minister. He is going to Capitol Hill for a meeting with lawmakers after talks with President Bush at Camp David.

A group of mothers build shrines on the Arlington National Cemetery graves of their sons killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ribbons in the trees, photographs leaning up against the stones and wind chimes keep the memories of their sons alive.

The Trump administration is preparing more tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports. The administration's list encompasses more than 6,000 items, including seafood, propane and toilet paper.

Images of Sudan after two years of civil war that have led to the world's biggest humanitarian crisis.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Faysal Itani of the Atlantic Council about the future of Syria and President Bashar Assad as the civil war there shows no sign of ending.

Democratic leaders are to meet Wednesday with President Bush to discuss war funds. Congress is likely to send the president a funding bill with a timeline for troop withdrawal. The president says he will veto any such bill.

Mexico has a very high rate of school bullying. Many teachers, parents, and psychologists say it's connected to increased violence of the drug war. And it's not just that kids pick on each other more — the way they do it has changed, too, with children's games and bullying increasingly mimicking and glorifying organized crime.