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The Transportation Department recently announced a rule that would require newly built single-aisle aircrafts to have lavatories big enough to fit both a passenger with a disability and an attendant.

Prosecutors investigating the leak of the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame will reportedly not bring charges against top White House adviser Karl Rove. Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has already secured a criminal indictment against Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Andrew Lawler's Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? explores the secret to the domesticated bird's success: "You can turn the chicken into almost anything," he says, from religious symbol to dinner.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Amnesty International's Ousmane Diallo about the implications of the recent coup in Niger.

Chigozie Obioma's novel follows a group of young boys who disobey their elders to spend afternoons fishing on the banks of an unlucky river, and the terrible consequences that flow from that choice.

In his second poetry collection, The New Testament, Jericho Brown weaves together strains of religious invocations with his uneasy identity as a southern, gay, black man into a beguiling self myth.

Peanut butter and chocolate belong together like moms and their kids, says food writer Betsy Block. Best of all, peanut butter cups are easy enough for kids to make by themselves (or maybe with one helpful adult sous chef nearby).

President Bush welcomed Pope Benedict to Washington, in the first visit to the White House in nearly 30 years. Benedict spoke with President Bush about Iraq and foreign policy in the first full day of his U.S. trip. The pontiff also celebrated his 81st birthday.

Two Dutch museums returned nearly 500 cultural objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka that were looted during the colonial era, including gold and silverware, statues, weapons and hundreds of artworks.

Republican candidates for president are preparing for the Iowa Straw Poll Saturday in Ames. Each voter must pay $35 to participate, making the event a solid fundraiser for the state party. Rudy Giuliani and John McCain aren't expected to attend, but Mitt Romney, who has been leading the polls in Iowa, will.