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Commentator Gwen Macsai is the mother of three children. And she's finding that their standards for motherhood are higher than hers. And while she doesn't want to be a hypocrite, mothers like junk food, unmade beds and swearing too.

The White House releases its review of the government's response to Hurricane Katrina. The 217-page report was far less harsh in its assessment of what went wrong than a similar report last week by a House committee. But the administration admits the response was flawed, and recommends more than 100 ways to address problems that emerged during the storm.

After 15 years of lawsuits and delays, the Army Corps of Engineers is finally releasing enough water for a "spring rise" flood in the Missouri River. The goal is to spur breeding of an endangered fish, the Pallid Sturgeon. But the flood is controversial -- especially with down-river farmers. Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports.

Some ethnic Serbs are returning to Kosovo six years after the war that left ethnic Albanians the dominant group there. Resentment still simmers, as one Serb family in the town of Klina is learning.

Some scientists have long suspected that cats, which are strict carnivores, are "sweet blind." Now there's proof: Cats lack the receptor for sweetness. The discovery opens a window on what taste is for and how it evolved. It may also help cat food makers producer a product that even sick cats will eat.

Already beset by violence and political instability, Iraqis face another crisis as the country's largest oil refinery shuts down due to insurgent threats against fuel tank drivers. The news has sparked a growing rush for scarce gasoline, and the country's oil minister has been suspended.

NASA has placed a copper probe in the path of the comet called Tempel 1. Scientists await a collision that could produce a crater in the comet the size of a football stadium. But first, they have to hit the comet.

Hamilton was the most award-winning YA author in American literary history, and the first Black author to win a Newbery Medal. A new collection showcases five of her most haunting novels.

The lights went off in Texas one year ago this week. Winter Storm Uri brought freezing temperatures and a chain reaction of blackouts that spurred many to become better prepared for disasters.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Gaelic Athletic Association's Director of Communications, Alan Milton, about hurling and Camogie having been named cultural treasures this week by UNESCO.