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On the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, members of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe are trying to restore land to the way it looked, smelled and sounded pre-colonialism.

Invasive green crabs are destroying marine ecosystems in the United States. A New Hampshire distillery is making crab-flavored whiskey to take them on.

Possible Turkish naval escorts for grain ships coming from Ukraine and going around the world could be under discussion when Russia's foreign minister visits Turkey.

Canada's Boreal Forest is the source of billions of birds that fly south and end up at American birdfeeders. Wide areas of one of the world's largest remaining forests are being carved up for logging and oil wells, and bird populations are being affected. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold takes an NPR/National Geographic Radio Expedition to the Boreal Forest.

President Bush says a deal to allow a company owned by the government of Dubai -- one of the United Arab Emirates -- to operate six U.S. seaports is no threat to port security. He promises to veto any effort to stop it. Lawmakers, including Republicans, have criticized the decision.

Eleven people die in an Israeli attack on a bridge linking Lebanon to Syria in the country's north. Meanwhile, fierce fighting between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israeli soldiers centered on the town of Marjayoun in Lebanon's south.

Renee Montagne watched the State of the Union address with a group in New Orleans. Linda Wertheimer talks to Renee about the family's reaction.

An Islamist militia says it has seized control of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Steve Inskeep talks to John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group about the conflict. The Islamists have been fighting the warlords since the last central government collapsed in 1991.

Refugee camps are appearing along Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic as people flee the DR to comply with new immigration laws. It's unclear how the Haitian government will manage the crisis.

Haiti's once-flourishing coffee trade has been badly battered. The latest threat: climate change. Locals who still rely on coffee for their livelihood must learn to grow it in changing climes.