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Robert talks with David Stempler of AirTrav Advisors about the corporate differences between airlines. With the exception of airlines such as Southwest, the flying experience for the customer has pretty much been the same across the board, and that airline customers probably won't notice much difference when they fly, he says.

Yesterday, a helicopter crashed some 250 miles south of Hanoi in Vietnam, killing 7 Americans and 9 Vietnamese on board. All the Americans are said to have been involved in the U.S. military's program to recover Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War. NPR's Emily Harris reports on the scope of the Joint Task Force operation, titled Full Accounting.

The board of directors of Hewlett-Packard calls for the resignation of chairman and chief executive Carly Fiorina. Fiorina made a mark as the first woman president, CEO and chairman of a major computer company, and steered HP through its merger with Compaq.

This past April, a group of oceanographers was part of an expedition off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean. They were studying various aspects of the Mariana volcanic arc. While on board their ship, they witnessed the underwater eruption of a volcano. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Dave Butterfield, one of the oceanographers who witnessed the eruption.

Gene Brian Johnson of member station WNYC reports that today is the 100th anniversary of Plessey vs. Ferguson, the 1896 Supreme Court decision legalizing racial segregation. The High Court overturned Plessey in 1954 in the famous Brown vs. Board of Education case. But forty plus years after Brown, some African-Americans are rethinking the whole idea and rationale behind integration.

was nearly removed from office at an NRA board meeting over the weekend. Wayne La Pierre has come under increasing criticism, as the NRA's membership and bank accounts have declined.

The Treasury Department is proposing changes at the Internal Revenue Service, which are aimed at quieting criticism from Congress. Critics say the IRS is mismanaged and treats taxpayers badly. The plan includes a permanent Treasury Department oversight panel, an advisory board of private sector experts, a more-predictable funding system, and greater flexibility in hiring and assigning managers. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.

Bill Zeeble of member station KERA reports on the popularity f the board game Scrabble. The 20th North American Scrabble Championship took lace this past week in Dallas.

It's the most-played board game in the world. Though it's considered the ultimate contest of money and power, it started out as a cautionary exercise to make Americans aware of the excesses of capitalism. On Morning Edition, NPR's Juan Williams reports on Monopoly's humble roots, as part of the Present at the Creation series. (8:38)

A physician to the stars, Dr. Jules Mark Lusman is accused of provided narcotics to the likes of Winona Ryder and Courtney Love. He's just had his license to practice revoked by the Medical Board of California. Robert Siegel talks with Mike Fleeman, correspondent for People Magazine in Los Angeles about the doctor.