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Today's markets, restaurants and bakeries offer a wide array of food choices for people with special dietary needs or personal preferences. In this month's Food Hour, we'll talk about baking and buying delicious vegan, gluten-free and sugar-free foods.

Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison is back on the literary scene with a new book, A Mercy. Set in 17th century America, the story follows a teenaged girl enslaved during a time when many people, not just blacks, were in bondage. Morrison talks about her book, its characters and whether we're living in a post-racial age.

With the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza complete, attention turns to plans for redevelopment in the area. Nigel Roberts of the World Bank tells Renee Montagne about rebuilding prospects and obstacles to economic recovery.

American children are fatter than ever. The latest government figures reveal more than one-third of kids in the U.S. are overweight, and nearly 17 percent are obese. One community in San Diego County

We live in the age of information, where communication is faster, easier, and more prolific than ever. But for all our blogging, tweeting, instant messaging, and texting, meaningful conversation is fa

American children are fatter than ever. The latest government figures reveal more than one-third of kids in the U.S. are overweight, and nearly 17 percent are obese. One community in San Diego County

Dana Reeve, the widow of actor Christopher Reeve, has died of lung cancer at 44. Dana Reeve became an advocate in the quest for a cure for spinal-cord injuries after her husband was paralyzed in 1995. Melissa Block talks with Susan Howley of the Christopher Reeve Foundation.

The House passes a bill spending $5.5 billion to increase security at U.S. seaports. The spotty inspection of cargo arriving by sea has long been a weakness in anti-terror efforts, but the issue gained urgency earlier this year, when an Arab-owned firm tried to purchase operating rights at six U.S. ports.

British playwright Harold Pinter, who juxtaposed the brutal and the banal in such works as The Caretaker and The Birthday Party and made an art form out of spare language and unbearable silence, won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday.

A Letter For Our Future President