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Lynn Neary talks with Kathleen McChesney, FBI executive assistant director for Law Enforcement Services. She'll be taking on the new role as executive director of the Office for Child and Youth Protection.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports on the Congressional election in Illinois' fifth district. This year a Democratic state Representative is running against Michael Flanagan, the young Republican incumbent who ousted Dan Rostenkowski two years ago.

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Commentator Frederica Matthewes-Green says that both sides of the debate about abortion are afraid to talk about the issue this season -- it's the giant issue both the Democrats and the Republicans wish would just go away.

Musician Bill Doggett died November 13 at age 80. Doggett played piano and organ and is best known for his 1956 song, Honky Tonk. By 1979, the song had sold 3 million copies.

John Ydstie talks with Jeffrey H. Smith, former general counsel for the CIA, about the legality of a U.S. attack on suspected al Qaeda members in Yemen.

NPR's Libby Lewis reports on a case being argued before the Supreme Court today on a Maine law that's aimed at lowering prescription drug prices.

Edmonton Oilers coach may regret his action against the Calgary Flames' mascot.

Olympic gold-medallist Marion Jones has ended her association with track coach Charlie Francis, who was a central figure in the biggest drug scandal in Olympic history. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

Bob Edwards talks with House Democratic Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD). They discuss the State of the Union address.

The Flint Hills in central Kansas are covered by tallgrass prairies that once spread across much of the Midwest. Now 11,000 acres of that land are being set aside as a national preserve. Matt Hackworth of member station KCUR in Kansas City reports.

Commentator Frank Deford says former baseball player Willie Aikens didn't get the presidential commutation he deserves. Aikens is currently serving time in prison on a first time offense for selling crack cocaine.

More than two months after the election, TV news networks are still trying to figure out why they made so many mistakes in reporting the results. NPR's Lynn Neary looks at how the networks are trying to improve their coverage.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Gwen Macsai , co-creator of the new ABC sitcom What About Joan?, based on Macsai's own life experiences. Macsai is a former commentator for NPR.

Commentator Joel Achenbach laments the rising tide of linguistic inaccuracy-- what he calls the "thing" thing. (3:01) {STATIONS: The book What's What is currently out of print, but available from used-book sellers}

Beth Accomondo, from member station KPBS, reports on several new films that attempt to shed new on Filipino culture in America, and in the process battle the subtle racism against it.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Richard Curtis of the charity group Comic Relief. He convinced Harry Potter author JK Rowling to write two Hogwarts textbooks for donation to the organization.

NPR's Neda Ulaby reports on Before Outsider Art, She Was In: A new exhibition that brings together the most popular works by Anna Mary Robertson, known as Grandma Moses. The artist died in 1961 at age 101.

In conjunction with the Center for Book Arts exhibition "Mapping Correspondence: Mail Art in the 21st Century," avant-garde artist Martha Wilson discusses why mail can be art.

Actress Carol Channing is back on the road in The First 80 Years Are The Hardest. The octogenarian is touring in a one-woman show.

Robert talks to Willy Stern, a staff writer for BusinessWeek magazine, about the lax standards for plane mechanics throughout the airline industry. Stern's article, "A Greater Threat than Terrorism?" is in the September 9th issue of the magazine.

Martha Woodroof of member station WMRA in Charlottesville, Va., reports on the career of author Donna Tartt. Her childhood and upbringing chart much of her new book, The Little Friend.

A stand-in British vicar dismays children, parents and himself by taking a too-scientific approach to certain Christmas customs.

Take down the arena. Put up a shopping mall. It's the American way of life.

H.L. Mencken was a columnist, author, editor and linguist. A recently opened large cache of his private papers provides new insight into the life and thoughts of the influential literary journalist. Tom Vitale reports.