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NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the expected Congressional confirmation of Alan Greenspan to serve a fifth term as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Israel's attorney general has decided not to prosecute Prime Minister Ariel had been accused of accepting bribes from a real estate developer, but the attorney general concluded there was not enough evidence to pursue the case. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon.

When former President Bill Clinton met with George W. Bush before leaving office, he told his successor that Osama bin Laden, the Middle East and North Korea posed more of a threat to U.S. national security than Iraq, Clinton says. In the first part of a two-part interview, Clinton also tells NPR's Juan Williams that bin Laden dominated intelligence discussions at the White House.

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells the story of his father's business success in the Catskills. He says his father understood the symbolic and economic value of a little well-placed patriotism.

NPR's Mike Pesca reports on the resignation of Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, who was threatened with impeachment by the state legislature. His resignation, however, will not end a federal probe into state contracts he awarded and gifts he received while in office.

Eric Niiler reports on Wednesday's final hearing of the commission investigating the government's response to terrorism before and after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Among other findings, the commission concludes there is no credible evidence linking deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with the al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked commercial airliners and crashed into the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

The Virginia Beach studio wizards known as the Neptunes have produced hit songs for everyone from Snoop Dogg to Britney Spears. But now the masters of the mixing board have hit the road with a real band and real instruments, calling themselves N.E.R.D. — for "no one ever really dies." NPR's Ben Gilbert reports.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Peter Hahn of The Los Angeles Times, reporting from Baghdad, about the reported beheading of a South Korean man captured and held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq. The Arabic TV network Al-Jazeera reports contractor Kim Sun-il, 33, was killed even as negotiations were underway to free him. The hostage has been threatened with death unless South Korea reconsidered plans to send thousands of troops to bolster the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq.

Producer Julian Crandall Hollick ends his three-part series on life in India with a sound portrait of the dawning day in a Bombay neighborhood.

During a campaign stop in the battleground state of Missouri, President Bush faces criticisms over the new Medicare prescription-drug discount card. Critics say the program is too confusing and unlikely to attract those it could benefit the most -- low-income seniors. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

Music critic Banning Eyre looks at the latest additions to the Ethiopiques series of CDs. Volumes 17 and 18 focus on the rich musical tradition of Ethiopia from the 1960s through the present.

President Bush had hoped the No Child Left Behind Act would help him counter the view that Democrats care more about public education than Republicans. But growing criticism of the law makes it unclear if the president's record on education will give him an edge against John Kerry. Bush's stance on education has polarized residents in West Virginia, a state that's up for grabs in the November presidential election despite its Democratic majority. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

Two memos prepared by Bush administration lawyers and high-ranking officials suggest the president cannot be held to federal and international rules prohibiting torture. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft refused to turn over the documents or say whether President Bush has authorized force or other techniques in interrogation. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

NPR's Michele Norris talks to Stefan Fatsis, sports writer for The Wall Street Journal, about the U.S. World Cup soccer team's struggle to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. The U.S. team has made great strides in improving its standing in world soccer. But the team's recent World Cup qualifying win against Grenada is being overshadowed by soccer's second-most important tournament, the European championship, currently taking place in Portugal.

Two U.S. soldiers are dead after attacks in Baghdad and Baquba, north of the capital. And details are still coming in about a U.S. missile attack in a residential area of Fallujah. About 20 people were killed in that incident. U.S. authorities say they were targeting a terrorism hideout. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.

Confusion and miscommunication reigned on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as civilian and military air controllers tried to cope with four airliners hijacked by terrorists. Today, the memories were all too vivid as the bipartisan commission investigating those terror attacks replayed the events minute by minute, with chilling conclusions. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about United Airlines. The financially troubled air carrier's latest hope for relief from bankruptcy was dashed Friday by a federal government panel that refused to guarantee a large portion of a private loan sought by the company.

NPR's Juan Williams joins NPR's Alex Chadwick to discuss fallout from the preliminary findings of the commission investigating the government's response to terrorism before and after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Williams also looks ahead to some of the key political events of the coming week.

When asked about whether an upcoming special legislative session could be expanded to address abortion, he appeared hesitant absent a final Supreme Court ruling.

A group claiming ties to al Qaeda beheads U.S. hostage Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia. The 49-year-old engineer, an employee of Lockheed Martin working on Apache attack helicopter systems in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh, was taken hostage last weekend. His captors warned they would kill him unless al Qaeda suspects were released from jail. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Knight Ridder correspondent Dave Montgomery.

Republican Jack Ryan, an investment banker-turned-teacher, and Democrat Barack Obama, currently a state senator, are competing in a closely watched Senate race that could potentially shape the balance of power in Congress. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

The real "Acting President," and the President Hiram Grant.

The western Sudanese region of Darfur has been the scene of what many are calling an ethnic cleansing campaign by government-backed Arab militias against the local tribes. The Bush administration is now ratcheting up the rhetoric against the same government that the United States has praised for signing peace protocols to end a separate decades-old conflict. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Reading Recovery is one of the world's most widely used reading intervention programs for young children. A new study questions its long-term impact.

An expert panel has assembled a presidential report detailing how to send a human mission to Mars. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports that the multi-billion dollar initiative would require draining resources from other scientific research projects.