Inside New Mexico

NPR reporter Richard Knox tells the story of his father's last weeks of life. Throughout the roller-coaster course of kidney and liver failure and multiple cardiac arrests, Knox struggled to make the best decisions for his father's care. Hardest of all was deciding when to fight and when to let him go.

Guest Host Alison Stewart talks with NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving about the upcoming week in Congress, and how it looks like it will be dominated by big numbers — many in red ink. The cost of overhauling the health care system is giving members of Congress sticker shock, and polls show the public is worried about the cost of multiple bailouts.

We all know that drugs are the business of narco cops, and that murders are treated by the homicide division. But who goes after the criminals who illegally remove asbestos or secretly store hazardous waste? The Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Investigations Division does. Deputy Director Doug Parker discusses the EPA's most wanted fugitives with Guy Raz.

The fault, dear Darwin, lies not in our ancestors, but in ourselves.

Out in the wilds of New Mexico, they're marketing a new kind of commercial space — as in, outer space. On Friday, New Mexico broke ground on what's billed as the world's first commercial spaceport.

Obama must make insurers compete.

Scientists can use weather satellites to track things like sea surface temperature and cloud cover, but how can that stop disease from spreading?

The preliminary price tag of $1 trillion for a health care overhaul bill has Republicans up in arms and one Senate committee back to the drawing board. But one expert says the figure is a drop in the bucket compared to how much the nation currently spends on health care.

The preliminary price tag of $1 trillion for a health care overhaul bill has Republicans up in arms and one Senate committee back to the drawing board. But one expert says the figure is a drop in the bucket compared to how much the nation currently spends on health care.

In 1995, a California doctor took responsibility for thousands of unwanted embryos. He's still figuring out what to do with them.