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The pilots of a Brazilian passenger plane that crashed last month, killing all 62 people aboard, reported failure in the system to remove ice from the plane, according to a preliminary report.

The Associated Press won two awards for its Ukraine coverage, including the prestigious Public Service award. The prize for fiction went to two books: Demon Copperhead and Trust.

A sampling of the stories NPR staff believe made some of the deepest ripples this year — reminders of what rigorous, compassionate journalism can do, and why the work remains as urgent as ever.

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds that public schools remain highly segregated along racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. One reason: school district secession.

Ken Dermata reports from Bogota on the arrest of Manuel Rodriguez Ortega, the reported leader of the Cali drug cartel. He is the sixth leader of a drug cartel to be arrested since June. Rodriguez has been linked to drug traffiking for more than 25 years but was formally charged for the first time in Columbia in 1994.

One of the first acts of the 104th Congress was to require members to comply with the federal workplace laws from which Congress has traditionally exempted itself. NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that a new report says that means more than 40 percent of Congressional staffers should be getting overtime.

NPR'S Kathy Lohr reports that authorities with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have arrested two men in connection with the seizure of bomb-making equipment about 90 miles outside Atlanta, Georgia. Despite earlier reporters, federal officials say there is NO evidence there was any plot to explode a device at the Summer Olympics.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the new requirement that lawyers register with Congress if they act as lobbyists. Previous regulations that required lobbyists to register had exempted lawyers because of the attorney-client confidentiality privilege. Today, a report on those who have registered reveals client lists and other details the attorneys would have preferred not to reveal.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Chesterfield, Missouri on George W. Bush's campaign through the Midwest. The Texas Governor intended to focus on education with stops at two elementary schools, but he was questioned by reporters on the luke-warm reception voters have given his tax cut plan.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that lawmakers on Capitol Hill are holding another hearing today on violence in TV and video games. Earlier this month the Federal Trade Commission, issued a report stating that the entertainment industry was peddling inappropriate materials to children. The FTC also said it was encouraged to see the industry was paying attention to the call for improved self-regulation.