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Liane Hansen talks with NPR's Joe Palca about the investigation into Saturday's crash of the space shuttle Columbia.

over the Democratic National Committee's review of its fundraising practices. Asian-Americans say they are being targeted and subjected to intimidating tactics by DNC investigators.

that may end up costing consumers hundreds of thousands of dollars in hidden international telephone charges. The Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Protection Bureau uncovered the scheme.

attendance at a memorial service yesterday at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida for some of the military personnel killed in last week's bombing in Dharan, Saudi Arabia.

is considering whether to allow the sale of U.S. fighter jets to Latin America on a country by country basis. Sale of advanced aircraft to South America's repressive military regimes was banned for two decades.

, a prominent supporter of abortion rights, sparked a political furor Wednesday by confessing to lying about late-term abortions when he said they were only done to save lives.

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and Minority Leader Tom Daschle about the 105th Congress, which convenes next month.

local volunteers to "get out the vote." They have assumed a particular importance in Florida -- the fourth largest state -- which polls say could go either way.

on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's talks in Washington today. Netanyahu will meet President Clinton at the White House and address the influential American-Israel Public Affairs Committee.

will be hearing arguments today on indecency on the internet. At issue is the constitutionality of the Communications Decency Act. Passed by Congress last year, the act makes it a crime to make available to minors on the internet any indecent material.