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The Republicans may be faced with the ethical violations of Speaker Newt Gingrich, but soon the Democrats must answer charges of fundraising improprieties of their Democratic National Committee. NPR's Peter Overby reports on how the Democrats are preparing for this upcoming political assault.

between G.M. and Volkswagon that ended litigation over charges of industrial espionage by a former design chief of G.M.'s European subsidiary. V.W. will pay G.M. 100-million dollars in damages and agreed to buy 1-billion worth of parts over the next seven years.

Fallout continues from the indefinite postponement of a hearing on House Speaker Newt Gingrich's violations of ethics standards. A Democratic member of the ethics panel has called the announcement a "Thursday Night Massacre," and the casualties are bipartisan consensus and ethics process. Meanwhile, Republicans are calling for a criminal investigation into tape recordings of a cellular phone conversation in which Gingrich is heard discussing plans to manage the public disclosure of the charges against him, an apparent violation of a promise to the committee. NPR's Brian Naylor has a report.

Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

NPR's Tovia (TOE-vee-uh) Smith reports on the long suffering fans of the New England Patriots football team, which goes to the final round of the AFC playoffs this Sunday.

Scott speaks with NPR's Vicky O'Hara about diplomatic immunity. This week, the president of Georgia said that a diplomat who was involved in an auto accident, which killed a teenaged girl, would probably stay in this country to face legal charges. There was concern that the diplomat and his country would claim diplomatic immunity.

Scott with some thoughts on doctor-assisted suicide.

of the dangers of space junk and debris, and the problems it could cause for the international space station scheduled to be up and running by next year. There's four-million pounds of debris in orbit around the Earth.

Scott talks to country and rock singer-songwriter, Steve Earle. Originally from Austin, Earle now lives in Nashville. His new CD is called 'Feel Alright' and is on Warner Brothers Label.

Linda talks with Matthew Wald, a Washington correspondent for the New York Times, about today's near-miss between four F-16 fighter jets and a commuter aircraft. This incident comes on the heels of yesterday's similar problem off the New Jersey coast in which two F-16 jets swooped in on a civilian passenger flight. Investigators are now concerned with who should take the blame for these near-tragedies.