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Robert talks to Azmi Bishara, a member of the Israeli parliament representing the Balad Party, an Arab National Liberal party, about an attack on his home in Nazareth by a Jewish mob on Saturday night. He says that after Israeli Arabs turned to the Israeli police for help, a confrontation with the police ensued, resulting in the death of two young Arabs.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned home today after an extended US lecture tour, and plunged immediately into the Israeli election campaign. Netanyahu has not yet formally announced his candidacy, but most analysts believe he will seek to topple incumbent Prime Minister Ehud Barak in elections expected next Spring.

Commentator Andrew Lam talks about the housing crunch caused by the digital gold rush in the San Francisco Bay area. Scarce apartments are going to the highest bidder. Some people are renting the right to sleep in someone's dining area or walk-in closet. And the dream of home ownership Lam's family and other immigrants had has faded.

In a small town outside of Boston, the latest trend is building oversized houses in old subdivisions. Some call the structures McMansions. Many people see them as trophy houses, and neighbors don't like how they dwarf the other homes.

David Schaper reports on the official reopening of Chicago's storied Wacker Drive, home to large rodents, cabbies, delivery trucks and smart commuters. The road has two levels, surface and lower, and threads through the city's downtown. The new road, following a two-year facelift, is intended to relieve gridlock.

Housing on Martha's Vineyard was scarce before the pandemic, but the problem has now grown serious as more vacationers stay beyond the summer and home prices increase.

In recent years DVDs have taken over the home video market. But many films, including some classics, are not yet out on DVD, even though they're available on videotape. Howie Movshovitz of Colorado Public Radio explains.

During the 1992 riots, central Los Angeles' Koreatown was looted. But the area has become a large, bustling part of the city, as luxury complexes gentrify the neighborhood home to many affluent Korean Americans. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

One of the latest permutations in do-it-yourself chic is the trend of turning everyday objects into decor for body and home. NPR's Dianna Douglas speaks with Rebecca Gholdston, part of the creative team behind the hipster do-it-yourself magazine ReadyMade.

A new film explores issues of aging in America in an unusual way. Assisted Living combines fiction and documentary footage to tell the story of a young janitor and an old woman. It takes place in a nursing home in Kentucky and was written and directed by 23-year-old Elliot Greenbaum.