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Auburn University engineering professor David Roueche tells NPR's Michel Martin simple fixes could help reduce the loss of life when tornadoes, like the one that struck last week, hit mobile homes.

The federal government orders a fourth of its air-tanker fleet grounded. That follows a report from safety experts who studied three tanker crashes last summer. The safety panel says the aerial wildfire-fighting system is seriously flawed. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

The offensive expanded the same day that independent U.N. experts accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

The plane was diverted while flying from the Egyptian city of Alexandria to the capital Cairo. It was forced to land in Cyprus, where reporter Evie Andreo of the Cyprus Mail talks to Renee Montagne.

A United Nations human rights report says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

President Bush on Friday welcomed foreign diplomats to the White House to commemorate the anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The president said the world was safer with Saddam Hussein deposed, and warned those present that there was no middle ground between "good and evil." NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Looking for a healthy variety of bugs? You might want to try searching in your wealthiest friend's house. Neighborhood income is a good predictor of the number of kinds of bugs in homes.

For an extra fee, you can get a doctor or nurse practitioner to make a house call to check on a sick kid. The services can save a trip to the emergency room for problems that crop up after hours.

Many residents impacted by inland flooding near Tampa can't return home as floodwaters slowly recede. One church in Valrico is providing food and other resources to residents in the neighborhood.

Ground will be broken at the Pentagon on Thursday for a memorial to the victims who died there on Sept. 11, 2001. There will be 184 benches lining the path American Airlines Flight 77 took before smashing into the Pentagon.