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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) reacted with outrage on the Senate flood Thursday to the USA Today cover story about National Security Agency (NSA) efforts to collect domestic phone call records. Noah Adams talks to David Welna about the reaction to the news on Capitol Hill.

Reports surface of another Iraqi Interior Ministry detention center where inmates were reportedly subject to abuse. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said 13 of the 625 inmates at the center required medical treatment, but he gave no details. A similar case came to light last month.

Jobs have become one of the most important barometers in assessing the president's performance, and the latest report shows that, in some ways, the economy has slipped backward. The anemic economic recovery is taking a political toll on the president, amplifying his other challenges.

A new report commissioned by U.N Secretary General Kofi Annan calls for the expansion of the Security Council. The report also sets out criteria for the use of force, and encourages the Security Council to consider preventive action to deal with latent threats. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Beginning Wednesday, consumers in 13 Western states can get a copy of their credit report for free. The free annual reports will be phased in across the rest of the country over the next nine months. But some could end up paying for credit services they don't need. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

New Common Core teaching standards mean new standardized exams. NPR's Cory Turner took one himself and reports on what's changed.

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer apologizes following reports that he was caught up in a high-end prostitution ring. Renee Montange talks with Brooke Masters, a senior business reporter with the Financial Times, about the crime-fighting politcian once known as "Mr. Clean." Masters is the author of Spoiling For A Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer.

A Norwegian commission on Monday issued a report criticizing authorities for failing to prevent and interrupt a bombing and shooting rampage by Anders Breivik. He killed 77 people last year. Most Norwegians feel their country showed the proper response to the violence.

American reporter Jill Carroll was set free Thursday, nearly three months after she was kidnapped in a bloody ambush that killed her translator. She said she had been treated well.

UNICEF says more than 10,000 children have been killed in the ongoing conflict, and 2.8 million are not in school. David Greene talks to UNICEF's Juliette Touma, who's based in Amman, Jordan.