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NPR's Mark Roberts reports the women's professional football league recently began its first season. Though not yet drawing the crowds of the NFL, it is bringing many women on to the playing field who never before had the opportunity to tackle the game.

Physicist Charles Townes talks about his efforts to blend science and religion. Townes, a Nobel Laureate, on Wednesday won the Templeton Prize for his work in the field of religion.

An already jam-packed crowd of Democratic presidential hopefuls will make room for one more: Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. The announcement was not unexpected, but it has ramifications for everyone in the field.

What does the old guard have to say about the field of candidates and the future of the GOP? Renee Montagne talks to Richard Lugar, who represented Indiana in the U.S. Senate from 1977 to 2013.

Commentator Jeremy Rifkin thinks it's time to get the hydrogen economy into high gear. He says that in order for the United States to rid itself of its fossil fuel dependence, it needs to launch a program similar to President Kennedy's space race, where science, commercial interest and the federal government combine their efforts to accomplish a grand vision.

A legislative proposal to help the Bears pay for a new stadium and entertainment complex in Arlington Heights got its first hearing, but final action is still a ways away.

Few successful recent nominees have announced their candidacy as recently as Biden could have this week.

"The word was offensive, and I regret saying it and am very sorry," Maher said Saturday. HBO called his comment "completely inexcusable and tasteless" and said it would be edited from future airings.

This may be finally be the year for Philadelphia Eagles fans. But after a decades long drought, they're cautiously optimistic that their team can win the Super Bowl and bring home the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Smithfield Foods says it will pay farmers to cover their manure ponds with plastic on more than 1,000 U.S. farms. Those "lagoons" have become increasingly controversial.