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A panel of former NASA engineers and military officials prepares to take over the Columbia investigation. More than a week after the space shuttle broke apart upon re-entry, NASA says it has no clear answers. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports.

The Justice Department prepares legislation that would broaden the government's power to gather intelligence and fight terrorism. But some say the expansion of the 2001 Patriot Act would give authorities too much unchecked power. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Rock historian Ed Ward profiles blues singer Wynonie Harris who recorded between 1945 and 1952.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, institutes a ban on certain kinds of porch and lawn "decorations" that tend to lend the town a more-than-rustic feel.

When Austrian art museums found that social media companies were banning images of artwork featuring nudes, they partnered up with OnlyFans, an app known mostly for its association with sex workers.

Jennifer Robin Arnold worked decades as a costume dresser with The Phantom of the Opera. Her colleagues came to StoryCorps to remember her.

NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports from the Korolyov Space Center outside Moscow where ground controllers monitored today's successful docking of the Russian cargo ship Progress with the international space station. The Progress brought vital food, water and fuel to the three-man crew. With the American shuttle fleet grounded because of the Columbia tragedy, attention is focused again on Russia's ailing space program and what it can contribute to keep space station Alpha going.

Telemarketing agencies often invoke free speech in defending their right to call you just as you're picking up the dinner fork -- though earlier this year, at least one company promised to change its "cold calling" tactics. Commenator Tom Mabe makes a living turning the tables on telemarketers -- at least that's how he sees it. He waits for companies to call his number, then plays pranks on them. He then records his jokes and sells them on CD. Now that cold-calling is being phased out, he's worried.

NPR Senior Correspondent Juan Williams reports on a new book by Harvard sociologist Katherine Newman about the lives of poor blacks and Hispanics in parts of Harlem. (A Different Shade of Gray: Midlife And Beyond in The Inner City, by Katherine Newman, is published by New Press: ISBN 156584615X)

Commentator Frank Deford delivers a "State of the Games" address in which no one is spared. He says traditional American sports have lost their charm amid a loss of ethics in the front office, and bad behavior by coaches, teams, umpires, players and fans.