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As a grand jury's term expires in the investigation of the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald schedules a 2 p.m. news conference Friday. Speculation swirls regarding potential indictments.

Google.com, the top Internet search engine, has a new legal battle on its hands -- this one from angry writers. Noah Adams talks with Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin about a lawsuit that claims that Google's effort to make books searchable and findable on the Internet violates copyright law.

Steve Inskeep talks to USA Today's Christine Brennan about the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis and who might make the U.S. Olympic team. Top skater Michelle Kwan could not compete this year, due to an injury.

Just before dawn Thursday morning, the wall around a mountaintop reservoir gave way in southern Missouri. More than a billion gallons of water roared down the mountain, sweeping away the home of the parks superintendent who lived below. Ben Meredith, chief of the Lesterville Fire Department, discusses the causes of the flood and the latest developments.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews TV On The Radio's new album Dear Science. The New York quintet's fourth studio album debuted at number four on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart.

There's an unusual bi-partisan effort to get the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to release information about certain Superfund cleanup sites, pieces of land that have been deemed too toxic for development. The EPA says sharing some information about the sites could discourage companies from cleaning up their environmental messes.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with National Education Association President Becky Pringle about school staffing issues, and the burnout that has more teachers thinking about leaving their jobs.

Many of the world's airline pilots are out of work due to the pandemic. Those who are flying report deteriorating working conditions and higher stress levels, which some fear could lead to mistakes.

Shamir's new album, 'Heterosexuality,' confronts how the public viewed him back in 2014, when his debut single nearly made him a pop star at the age of 19.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads out on an Asia swing this week to reinforce the administration's continued focus on competition with China despite the crisis in Ukraine.