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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe faces tough questions on Capitol Hill during a hearing on the space agency's 2004 budget. Members of the House Science Committee also press O'Keefe for safety assurances following the loss earlier this month of the space shuttle Columbia. NPR's Eric Niiler reports.

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NAACP President Bruce Gordon resigned from the organization Sunday, after just 19 months on the job. Many hoped he would lead the venerable civil rights organization in a new direction. Gordon cited conflicts with the NAACP's board as his reason for leaving.

Syria's Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan has committed suicide, Damascus reports. Formerly Syria's intelligence chief in neighboring Lebanon, Kanaan was among Syrian officials questioned by a U.N. envoy investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

In the Pacific Islands, scientists and villagers alike are seeing signs of change. There's less rainfall, the ocean is reaching farther inland and storms are increasing in severity. The question for Pacific Islanders isn't how to reduce their already low greenhouse emissions, but how to adapt.

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Faced with a record upsurge in ivory poaching, conservationists are scrambling for new ways to protect elephants and prosecute poachers. One new approach uses tracks the DNA of seized ivory back to their sources in Africa.

Josh Wolf has spent more than two months in prison for refusing to turn over to federal prosecutors unedited video he shot of a protest. Prosecutors say the footage could help produce witnesses to a crime. Wolf says he's a journalist who shouldn't be forced to turn over material.

Seven decades ago, pioneer aerial photographer Bradford Washburn flew over Alaska's glaciers, documenting their splendor. Now, a Boston photojournalist is recreating Washburn's images to document the impact of global warming.