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NPR's regular program schedule was pre-empted by NPR News Special Coverage of the war in Iraq. Audio for the day beginning at noon ET is available at the link below.

Britain has sent more than 25,000 troops to Kuwait, along with tanks, artillery and other equipment. Many are stationed about 20 miles south of the Iraqi border and are poised for a possible assault on the Iraqi town of Basra. The troops have been training intensively since their arrival three weeks ago. NPR's Mike Shuster describes how the troops practice an assault on enemy trenches, the kind of defensive positions they expect to find when they cross the border into Iraq.

The United Kingdom is going after what it calls the "lavish lifestyles" of the daughters of Russia's president and foreign minister.

Representatives head to Europe. Obama heads to the White House.

In America, it is possible to work full time but not make a living. NPR's Noah Adams begins a year-long special assignment, traveling the nation to profile America's low-income workforce. In this segment, Adams profiles Sandy Hicks, a housekeeper at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

U.S. forces seize documents, cash and arms in a raid on the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The leading Shia Muslim party claims the raid came in retaliation to the group's threatened boycott of an American plan to hand pick a new Iraqi advisory panel rather than allow Iraqi parties to elect one. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

Food writer Amanda Hesser talks with NPR's Melissa Block about her new collection of essays and recipes, Cooking for Mr. Latte. The book charts a savory romance with the man who became her husband. Hesser provides npr.org with recipes for an entire meal — including the "dump-it" cake heard on All Things Considered.

More than 20 million workers earn less than $9 an hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At those levels, many people have trouble making a living. In Xenia, Ohio, NPR's Noah Adams talks to two actors who make $190 a week performing in Blue Jacket, a long-running outdoor drama.

NPR's Jacki Lyden talks to Brian Hall, author of the new book I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark. The book attempts to recreate the thoughts -- and the language -- of Lewis and Clark, and their companions on the journey west.

Dorothy Height, a longtime civil rights leader, talks to NPR's Juan Williams about her new memoir. Height also recounts her experiences as one of the leading figures in the civil rights movement.

In her new memoir, Living History, she writes about growing up in the 1950s, her life in the White House, the Senate, and her husband's sex scandal.

The American military faces increased opposition in Iraq, including frequent attacks on U.S. convoys. Striking back, U.S. forces kill more than 60 people in a raid on what U.S. officials describe as a terrorist training camp near the Syrian border. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Ivan Watson.