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Will Murphy from member station WFIU in Bloomington Indiana reports that Bobby Knight, Indiana University's head basketball coach, has been fired. He coached the Hoosiers for 29 years. Knight has a history of violent outbursts, and a recent incident between the coach and a student led IU officials to believe he violated a school policy designed to keep the coaches temper under control.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports from Sydney, Australia that 21 extra meteorologists have been brought into the city to try to forecast the weather during the summer Olympics, which start Friday. Some athletes complain that the name should be changed to the early spring Olympics as summer has not arrived in Sydney and morning frost covers parts of the Olympic village. Olympic officials are sending in extra blankets but can do little to help the triathlon athletes. This weekend, they will be competing in the chilly waters of Sydney Harbor.

Julie McCarthy reports from NPR News in London that protests against high fuel prices have spread to Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Protests crippled much of France last week. British Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed he will not follow the example of the French government, which yielded to protesters and cut energy taxes. Protesters have blocked refineries and fuel distribution points, cutting supplies to gas stations in England and Wales.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports that executives from both Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone faced harsh questioning on Capitol Hill today. Members of Congress wanted to know why the companies were slow to warn the public about a growing problem with defective tires and why they didn't inform the U.S. government about an overseas recall. U.S. safety regulators were also criticized for not catching the problem earlier. The defective tires are now blamed for 88 deaths and hundred of injuries in the U.S.

NPR News' Michael Sullivan reports a year after the violence and destruction that followed East Timor's vote for independence, tens of thousands of refugees have not returned home. They remain in refugee camps in West Timor, where aid officials and some refugees say they are being threatened and intimidated by pro-Indonesian militias. There is some evidence that the militias are staging raids across the border into East Timor. U.N. officials say the situation is not likely to improve until the Indonesian government gets the militias out of the camps.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports committee members from both the House and Senate questioned Bridgestone-Firestone and Ford Motor Company executives on Capitol Hill yesterday about the recall of more than 6 and a half million tires. Legislators are promising more hearings in the future. The questions centered upon how both companies handled the recall, and why it took so long for officials from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a recall.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the economic boom that's creating prosperity in suburban Rochester, New York, but hardly benefiting the center city. For example, the suburb of Henrietta, south of Rochester, has attracted a number of new businesses and jobs. Prosperity values in older downtown neighborhoods have declined, and the city's tax base has weakened, as businesses have moved out. Those neighborhoods are left with a greater concentration of poverty and crime.

Janet Heimlich reports that Austin, Texas utility officials are trying out a new program that allows their customers to buy power generated from renewable energy sources such as solar, or wind power. It means slightly higher power bills for customers who choose the program. But the city has long been home to a strong environmental community that supports such initiatives. Also, the rising price of fossil fuels -- oil and natural gas -- has closed the price gap, making the program more attractive to residents.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on public concern about rising milk prices. Two big supermarket chains, Jewel and Dominicks have charged as much as three dollars and 69 cents for a gallon of milk. This contrasts sharply with the low cost of raw milk, which has dropped significantly from 1998. A dozen Chicago residents are suing the stores charging them with secretly setting the prices.

Robert talks to Richard Dawson, President of the Guild Of Air Traffic Control Officers in Taplow, England, about the increasing number of incidents of radio hackers posing as air traffic controllers contacting airline pilots and giving them false information. The British Civil Aviation Authority reports there have been 19 incidents in the last 8 months. These malicious radio transmissions have not yet resulted in disaster, because the pilots have called the tower to confirm. The tower has then told them the information was false.