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Marion Winik talks about the woes of adult children dealing with dating parents. The role reversal includes questioning whether mom's date measures-up, and is she practicing safe sex? In the end, though, what we really want for our dating parents is true love -- and we want to be able to go for it.

The U.S. Navy was at pains today to explain why it waited several days to release details regarding the presence of civilians on board the attack submarine Greeneville last Friday. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.

A small number of health workers are protesting for global vaccine equity. Their demonstrations echo the call for equal distribution of HIV medications decades ago — but there are key differences.

NPR's Eric Weiner tells Linda Wertheimer that the latest information about the accident between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fishing vessel off the coast of Hawaii is dominating the news in Japan.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, which is holding its annual meeting this week in Arlington, Virginia. For the past eight years, the true-believers who attended this conference were known for their anger at President Clinton, his policies and his transgressions. This year there is a Republican in the White House, and the GOP controls both houses of Congress. So what is there to be angry about?

NPR Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports on this week's talks between the Bush administration and a visiting trio of envoys from Israel's Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports Americans have been much more reluctant than the Japanese to surf the Web from their cell phones. It's likely to stay that way, as long as Internet access from wireless phones is slower and more costly than from a home computer.

From elephants to otters to armadillos, all sorts of animals get a kick out stomping, rolling and eating the orange gourds.

The dictionary added 455 new words and definitions to the dictionary for October to keep up with the evolving English language, including pandemic terms and online shortcuts.

NPR's Barbara Bradley explains how prosecutors investigate and build cases when they suspect a public official has been bribed. The U.S. Attorney in New York is investigating whether President Clinton's pardon of the fugitive multimillionaire Marc Rich was given in return for contributions by Rich's ex-wife to Democratic causes. Prosecutors say it's hard to prove criminal intent, but bribery cases have been successful with circumstantial evidence.