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This off-season in baseball has been consumed by rumors of steroid use set off by the Mitchell Report, which outlined the potential extent of drug use in Major League Baseball. Roger Clemens on Thursday once again refuted doping allegations by his former trainer.

Stephenville, Texas, is abuzz with talk of UFOs. Several residents — including a pilot — have reported seeing a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast, describing it as "nothing from these parts." Federal officials say there's a logical explanation, but locals insist the object was larger, quieter and faster than an aircraft.

The Pew Research Center, in association with NPR, recently released a poll that looked at political polarization and collaboration among African-Americans, whites and Latinos. Melissa Harris Lacewell, a professor of Politics and African-American Studies at Princeton University, and Marisa Trevino, of the blog LatinaLista.net, share their reactions to the report.

News spread quickly Monday that there had been a shooting at a Virginia Tech dormitory at 7:15 a.m. But two hours later, police say, the same gunman entered a classroom in Norris Hall and killed more than two dozen people. Robert Siegel talks with Rosa Duarte, bureau reporter for WSLS TV, based in Roanoke, Va.

Also making the trip to D.C. for inauguration are the "Inauguraiders," a group of children from Northern California armed with cameras and microphones and ready to interview inaugural attendees. These are the nieces and nephews of Chris and Bev Sanders, who will be supervising the young reporters on the Mall on Tuesday.

Lawyers for jailed U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi say she is expected be freed Monday, after an Iranian appeals court suspended her prison term. Iranian authorities have held the 32-year-old reporter since she was arrested in January and later convicted of spying for the U.S. Nazila Fathi, who is covering the story for The New York Times, talks with Renee Montagne.

President Barack Obama stressed hope and determination as he challenged America to come together to work its way back to economic health. In a speech to Congress and the nation Obama said it's time for the U.S. to take charge of its future. Steve Inskeep talks to a team of NPR reporters about the accuracy of the President's remarks.

The Labor Department reports Friday on job growth in the month of May. Many employers say they're still hiring, but they're not as desperate for workers as they were at this time last year.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf met with reporters Thursday and responded to accusations that he bears some responsibility for Benazir Bhutto's assassination. He said Bhutto was warned about the threat against her and asked, "Who is to be blamed for her coming out (of) her vehicle?"

U.S. Marines have reportedly halted street-to-street battles with insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. But despite a unilateral U.S. call for a truce, skirmishes continue there and in several other Iraqi cities on the first anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.