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Last Saturday, 17 inches of rain inundated rivers, washed away homes and tossed cars in Humphreys County, Tennessee.

Linda talks with Vice President Al Gore and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Chief James Lee Witt about what they've seen as they tour the flood-ravaged Ohio River Valley, and what FEMA is doing to help the region recover. Waters levels continued to rise today in what's been the worst flooding along the Ohio River in three decades. Thousands have been forced from their homes and businesses, and President Clinton has declared dozens of counties in Ohio and Kentucky disaster areas.

A juvenile court judge in Fairfax County, Va., rules that Washington, D.C.-area sniper suspect Lee Malvo, 17, can be tried as an adult for the murder of an FBI analyst. He and another suspect are implicated in 12 other fatal shootings. The ruling makes Malvo eligible for the death penalty. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Phillip Davis reports that 14 year old Lionel Tate was sentenced today to life in prison without parole. Lionel was convicted in January of first degree murder in the 1999 death of a playmate, who died as Lionel imitated the violent wrestling shows he liked to watch. Broward County judge Joel Lazarus imposed the mandatory sentence after refusing to reduce the verdict to a lesser charge. He described the murder of 6 year old Tiffany Eunick as "callous and indescribably cruel." Defense attorneys said they would ask Gov. Jeb Bush to commute the sentence.

The 82-year-old husband of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was taken into custody late Saturday in Napa County north of San Francisco, according to a sheriff's office online booking report.

Burrow accepted the award on behalf of the kids in his Ohio county who don't have enough to eat. Donations poured in to the food pantry. Now he's in the Super Bowl and fans are upping their donations.

The 2700-acre Montpelier estate in Orange County, Va., has been home to two of America's most prominent families. First there was the family of James Madison, America's fourth president. Later came the duPonts -- a branch of the wealthy Delaware industrial family. The duPonts made lots of changes, but work is now being done to restore the home to its Madison-era form, as requested in Marion duPont Scott's will more than 20 years ago.

The Mak family of York County is using a treat-launching candypult — a white plastic bucket attached to two long springs. It's one way to maintain social distancing.

Ian Taylor Schlitz, 14, started taking college classes at the age of 12. He just got his associate degree from Tarrant County College in Texas. Ian's older sister was accepted into college at age 9.

Making small amounts of alcohol at home is allowed in Alabama. But a man in Dekalb County got busted for doing it at work. The local sheriff said he'd never seen an illegal winery that big.