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In the first of a two part series, NPR's Alex Chadwick and the rest of the Radio Expeditions team travel to Palmyra, a remote atoll in the central Pacific. After turning down offers made by everyone from developers to the U.S. government, Palmyra's owners have finally sold the property to a preservation group that will leave the pristine environment untouched. Check out our Web feature on this series.

Whitehead says his latest novel was inspired by his love of heist movies. The story centers on a furniture store owner who has a side hustle trafficking in stolen goods.

Who's going to get kicked off the island next? That's the question being asked at watercoolers across the country. Alex talks with Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about the media phemonenon that is CBS's Survivor.

Federal, state and local authorities are preparing for the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, and attempting to prevent repeats of the kinds of protest demonstrations that stopped meetings of the World Trade Organization in Seattle last December. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports from Philadelphia.

There's a new target for protests in Cuba: a 34 year old US immigration law. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

NPR's senior news analyst Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

Vermont Public Radio's Steve Young reports on Vermont's new groundbreaking state law which gives gay and lesbian couples almost all the rights and benefits of marriage. This morning, Young attended the civil union of two lesbians in Bennington, Vermont who were the first couple to take advantage of the law.

Alex speaks with Jim Metzner, host of Pulse of the Planet, about the sounds made by the dogbane tiger moth.

Chadwick/Rovner: Host Alex Chadwick speaks with NPR's Julie Rovner about health care happenings on Capitol Hill this week.

The Confederate battle flag was retired from the dome of South Carolina's state capital building today. Protests and counterprotests were all part of the scene. NPR's Eric Hochberg has the story from Columbia, South Carolina.