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  • Even 25 years after Bob Marley's death, the reggae legend's music is unmistakable — and his influence remains strong. Marley experts and fans explore the evolution of a classic song, "One Love," and the lasting legacy of reggae's first international star.
  • Michele Norris and Robert Siegel read from listeners' letters and emails. Among the stories: a staircase at the World Trade Center site; a series on legal immigration; Medicare's drug program; and an effort to ban Hot Cheetos.
  • The government possesses powerful data-mining technology to find patterns that could help catch suspected terrorists. But it must use it in a way that doesn't hurt ordinary Americans, the head of a government advisory panel says.
  • A long-simmering conflict is escalating in southeastern Turkey between government forces and Kurdish rebels known as the PKK. According to a local human-rights organization, the conflict left about 500 people dead last year, including government soldiers and police officers.
  • With just one album under the their belt, the British group Arctic Monkeys is already being hailed as one of the greatest U.K. rock bands of all time. The group aimed to show fans why in a full performance recorded live from Washington, DC’s 9:30 Club.
  • In a 5-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that police without a warrant cannot search a home when the residents disagree about whether the police can enter. Chief Justice John Roberts was among the dissenters, saying the ruling could have severe consequences on domestic violence cases.
  • A bombing, a raid and the discovery of at least a dozen more bodies near Baghdad all mark a particularly bloody day in Iraq. More than 80 people have been reported killed in sectarian violence over the past 24 hours. That includes at least 16 Iraqis killed in a U.S.-backed raid in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad. Renee Montagne talks to Anne Garrels.
  • Ray Meyer, the basketball coach whose 42-year tenure at DePaul stretched from George Mikan to Mark Aguirre, died Friday at age 92. The timing of his passing is poignant, coming as the NCAA basketball tournament goes into full swing.
  • Dr. James Bernat, a professor of neurology at Dartmouth Medical School, says that a drug-induced coma can be a helpful tool to lower intracranial pressure. He talks about how and when doctors administer the procedure.
  • With some verbal sleight of hand, John Ciardi explores the origins of the words midriff and rib. They're relationship is not what it may seem, linguistically, at least.
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