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Unemployment rates among veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are higher that their non-veteran counterparts, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki speaks with host Melissa Block about the challenges for veterans in today's job market.

In Maine, an unusual and historic process is under way to document child welfare practices that once resulted in Indian children being forcibly removed from their homes. Many of the native children were placed with white foster parents. Chiefs from all five of Maine's tribes, along with Gov. Paul LePage, have created a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help heal the wounds.

A growing number of local sheriffs are concerned about election fraud and want to investigate — even though there's not much evidence of it.

Democrats have struggled to gain support from rural voters in previous elections. But this year's midterms revealed their efforts to improve their margins in rural areas paid off.

NPR's pop critic and correspondent shares her favorite albums of this year.

General Motors is still the world's largest car manufacturer, despite losses of more than $1 billion in the first quarter of 2005. GM is unlikely to declare bankruptcy anytime soon. But it still has to turn itself around -- and it can't depend on Washington to bail it out. This report is the second in a series on the U.S. auto industry.

Lebanon requires refugees to live in shelters made of canvas or wood. A new military decree directs them to demolish concrete walls over 3 feet high by July 1. Many don't know where they'll live next.

The group Americans Elect wants to show the Democratic and Republican establishments that voters want another choice in presidential candidates. But if there are questions about the group's political impact, there are others over who's financing it.

Membership in the ICC could allow the Palestinians a means to pursue war crimes charges against Israel. But the move is likely to draw sharp response from Israel and the U.S.

NPR's Guy Raz in Baghdad reports on U.S. plans to step up the process of forming an interim government in Iraq, to replace the ousted regime of Saddam Hussein. Retired Gen. Jay Garner, the U.S. civil administrator for Iraq, told reporters he will convene another meeting of Iraqis next week to discuss formation of an interim administration.