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This year's final Senate election takes place in Louisiana, where voters must decide whether to award Democrat Mary Landrieu another term, or elect Republican challenger Suzanne Terrell. It's a tight race and President Bush has campaigned heavily for Terrell. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Steven Kent, a video game columnist and author, gives Lynn a rundown -- and some demos -- of the year's hot video games, including Metroid Prime, Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoons and Battlefield 1942.

New research shows that identity theft -- one of the country's fastest-growing crimes -- is often an inside job, committed by employees at companies with access to troves of personal data. NPR's Chris Arnold reports.

The Manhattan District Attorney recommends the convictions of five young men accused of raping a Central Park jogger in 1990 be thrown out. The recommendation comes after DNA tests suggest another man committed the crime. NPR's Nancy Solomon reports.

Roone Arledge, who pioneered telecasting techniques such as instant replay and slow-motion, has died in New York at 71. Arledge made his mark in sports telecasting, then brought modern techniques to the coverage of hard news at ABC Television. Lynn Neary talks to Columbia University journalism professor Dick Wald, formerly of ABC News.

The notions of freedom, democracy and free speech are sometimes difficult for adults to comprehend and express. NPR's Neva Grant visits a group of eighth-graders trying to make sense of the First Amendment. It's part of Morning Edition "Citizen Student" series on civics education.

United Airlines, struggling with massive debt and unable to reach key union concessions, will probably file for bankruptcy protection on Sunday. Continental, Northwest and American airlines all fought against United's bid to secure $2 billion in emergency funding from the federal government, and could pick up United's lost business. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

ABC news executive Roone Arledge, a television pioneer, dies at 71. Arledge was largely responsible for the development of instant replay, slow motion and many other techniques during his TV sports career, then took the same innovative approach to news coverage. NPR's Jason DeRose reports.

The liberal arts school said it's dropping legacy admissions to both create a fairer system and to promote diversity. The practice has been criticized for advantaging students from wealthier families.

Citing "weaknesses" and "discrepancies" in confessions, Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau seeks to nullify several convictions in the Central Park jogger case. Five black and Hispanic teenagers served prison terms for beating and raping a white female jogger in 1989. NPR's Nancy Solomon reports.