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On this Valentine's Day, Commentator Ethan Herberman offers a love story from his trip to the Vancouver Zoo.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that dozens of the nation's wealthiest citizens have signed a petition urging Congress not to repeal the estate tax.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports on the aftermath of today's terrorist attack south of Tel Aviv. A Palestinian driver rammed his bus into a crowd of Israeli soldiers and civilians, leaving eight dead and at least 17 injured. It was the worst attack in Israel since the latest Palestinian uprising began last September.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports BellSouth plans to get out of its pay phone business by the end of next year. It's one of many indications that the coin-operated pay phone, first installed in 1889 in Connecticut, may have finally outlived its usefulness in today's wireless society.

NPR's Art Silverman confesses that he knows the man who brought on the downfall of pay telephones.

The Navy is defending its practice of inviting civilian visitors on warships to sit in control positions during exercises. Officials do admit that civilians may have been a distraction aboard the submarine U.S.S. Greeneville during the sub's fatal surfacing maneuver last Friday. The sub collided with a Japanese fishing trawler, sinking the ship. Nine people are still missing and presumed drowned in the incident off the coast of Hawaii. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

Linda Wertheimer talks with ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz, a former defense correspondent for NPR. Raddatz describes what it was like when she was allowed to sit at the controls of a U.S. Navy submarine.

Congress is examining the media's coverage of last November's election night results. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce invited executives from the Voter News Service and the major networks to speak at a hearing today. NPR's Lynn Neary is covering the hearing.

The founder of a support group for people who have caused accidental death or injury has some personal insight on the emotions stirred up by the killing of a cast member on the set of the movie Rust.

When former Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic lost the presidential election last September, young people celebrated. His defeat was largely the result of a grassroots effort led by a group of mostly young people called "Otpor" or "Resistance. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with one of the members of Otpor, Slobodan Homen.