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Robert talks with Jim Burnett, the former chair of the National Transportation and Safety Board (1991), about ways the Federal Aviation Administration could improve commercial airline safety. Burnett is now a transportation consultant in Clinton, Arkansas.

JET CRASH - NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the crash today of a Value-Jet airliner en route from Miami to Atlanta. The jet crashed in the Florida everglades not long after takeoff. 109 people were on board. There are no signs of survivors.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the closing of Sumner lementary school in Topeka, Kansas. The Sumner school was the focal point of he 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case that became the landmark decision eading to national integration.

Jan. 19 is National Popcorn Day. Host Liane Hansen pops some corny questions to Deirdre Flynn, the marketing director for the Popcorn Board.

Wind chill factor, and how it's measured, is being challenged. For the facts, Scott speaks with Joe Friday. He's head of the National Research Council's Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate.

Commentator Daniel Ferri on a teacher's nightmare -- he dreams he is unprepared for class -- unprepared and uncertain until he begins to draw a problem on the board. Long division helps ground him safely back in reality.

The U.S. Navy was at pains today to explain why it waited several days to release details regarding the presence of civilians on board the attack submarine Greeneville last Friday. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.

Robert talks to Tim Penny represented Minnesota in Congress and now is a member of the board of the Concord Coalition. He discusses whether or not the President's budget proposal would lead to a balanced budget.

WGLT has a new home, co-located with The Vidette on West Locust Street in Normal. The move caps a multiyear fundraising campaign to build new studios paired with generous support from ISU to update The Vidette building.

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy who raised their 11 children after he was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes for decades thereafter, died Thursday.