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Robert talks with Jim Hall, former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, about NASA's decision to use the NTSB model to figure out why the Columbia broke up on re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.

NPR's Ivan Watson in the city of Cotonou in the West African country of Benin reports on the mystery of the whereabouts of nearly 200 slave children. They were thought to have been on board a cargo vessel. But when the ship docked at Benin's main port, there was no sign of the child slaves.

If you've ever played "Operation" and lost, maybe you'll have better luck with this word game where board games are mashed up with body parts.

Some members of the Illinois State Board of Education are voicing concerns that the state will soon adopt high school graduation requirements too...

Many management experts say the inability of workers to understand how their company really operates can make them less motivated and ultimately less produtive. Now, a Florida-based educational firm has developed a board game called Zodiak that's designed to give employees a better sense of how corporate America works. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

- Daniel talks with Tom Haueter (Tom HOW-ter), Deputy Chief of Investigations at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) about the steps taken by investigators after an airline crash. Haueter is helping to coordinate the TWA crash investigation and was the investigator-in-charge following the 1994 crash of USAIR Flight 427 near Pittsburgh.

NPR's Melissa Block reports from Long Island on the latest briefings from the National Transportation Safety Board and the FBI on the crash of TWA flight 800 one week ago today. And she reports on the tremendous anxiety of the families who feel they have been waiting too long for information.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on the technical problems Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut are having on board the Russian space station Mir. The latest involves the failure of primary and backup life-support systems -- and raises the question of how much risk space officials in each country are willing to take before they order the crew to abandon ship.

near Detroit that killed all 29 people aboard. National Transportation Safety Board officials say a malfunction in the right engine may be the cause.

a U.S. government station listened to by Cubans. There are allegations that a leading figure in the Cuban exile community is abusing his position on the oversight board to serve his own interests.