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Francis Spufford's historical novel is set in 1746 Lower Manhattan, a world of spies, thieves, card sharks and crooked bankers. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls it a "gorgeously crafted" work.

Erik Prince, the founder and chairman of private security firm Blackwater USA, is due to testify before Congress. He will respond to a report describing the company as irresponsible and trigger-happy.

Samuel Hendren reports on a program to reintroduce Red Wolves in o the Great Smoky Mountains between North Carolina and Tennessee.

Liane tells the story of Joe Red Cloud, a sixth-generation descendant of a famed Sioux chief, who is working to build economic opportunity on the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, one of the poorest communities in the United States.

Six foreign aid workers, including four nurses, were shot at point-blank range and killed today at a Red Cross hospital south of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. The identities of those responsible remain unknown; both the Russian and Chechen governments have condemned the attack.

Dynamite Hill is a section in Birmingham so nicknamed because Ku Klux Klan members regularly bombed its streets during the Civil Rights era. NAACP attorney Arthur Shores had a home in this middle-class African-American neighborhood.

Spats among Texas Republican lawmakers and leaders are routine. But now the disputes mirror the national struggle within the GOP.

Hill Harper is known for his TV roles in CSI: New York and Covert Affairs. He's also author of the advice book Letters to an Incarcerated Brother. Harper shares the songs that strike a chord with him.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that oyster harvesting along parts of the Gulf of Mexico, from South Florida to Texas, is in danger because of a large algal bloom, usually called "red tide." The algae can be toxic to fish and other sea creatures...and that toxin cannot be destroyed by cooking, so the area's entire seafood harvest could be destroyed along parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.

Producer David Harvey's new bluegrass album pays tribute to British '70s pop icons The Moody Blues. Bluegrass stars from Tim O'Brien and Alison Krauss to Stuart Duncan and Aubrey Haynie interpret "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band" and "Nights in White Satin," among others. Hear NPR's Steve Munro.