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Singer Lorna Luft is the daughter of Judy Garland. The new made-for-TV movie Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows will be broadcast on Sunday, February 25th on ABC. The movie is based on Luft's 1998 memoir Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir (Pocket Books). Judy Garland died in 1969. Lorna Luft is also a half sister to Liza Minnelli. (REBROADCAST from 4

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the unresolved status of the compensation the German government agreed to pay to those who were forced to work in the Nazi war industry. Former laborers have yet to be paid, and the Germans say they won't be until several class-action lawsuits in the U.S. are dropped.

Host Bob Edwards talks about a 130-vehicle pile-up in Northern Virginia yesterday, caused by a snowstorm that blew through the area.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with reporter Chris Morris about the drastic recent downturn in the Turkish economy. Turkey floated its currency, the lira, yesterday, which quickly lost a quarter of its value. The tumble was sparked by a public feud between Turkey's president and prime minister.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that scientists have found evidence that a mass extinction may have been caused by a comet hitting the earth-- millions of years BEFORE dinosaurs walked the earth.

Michael Epstein explains that a good line can get a hacker who's looking to steal confidential information past all the digital protection measures a company can muster. The newest line of security helps companies keep their secrets from even the smoothest talkers.

Film critic Henry Sheehan reviews Monkey Bones the new part animated/part live-action film starring Brendan Fraiser.

New York City taxi drivers are now in the second week of a hunger strike outside City Hall in Manhattan. They're demanding debt relief for thousands of drivers who are facing financial ruin.

Commentator Jill Maxi Schreibman knows firsthand what it's like to be laid off by a dot-com company.. .and she's determined not to go through it again.

Commentator Leis Wiehl says a federal judge in Illinois got it wrong when he gave a longer sentence to one of two people convicted in the burglary and arson of a Jewish community center.