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Senate hearings begin on the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL) to head the CIA. Goss faces a Senate panel considering a complete overhaul of U.S. intelligence agencies, and if confirmed as expected, it's unclear what his job will entail. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) proposes a plan to dismantle the CIA and reorganize other intelligence agencies under a powerful intelligence director with vast control over budgets and personnel. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Republicans on a House comittee say they want to begin a preliminary investigation of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX). But Democrats seem unlikely to accept the inquiry until new, lenient ethics rules are revised. They say new rules put in place by the GOP leadership were designed to protect DeLay.

An unofficial agreement has kept Democrats and Republicans in the House from filing ethics complaints against the leadership of either party. But that truce was broken today when freshman Democrat Rep. Chris Bell (D-TX) filed a three-part complaint against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX). NPR's David Welna reports.

On Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison visited Ohio to assess the damage in that state, but throughout the Midwest, thousands of residents are trying to recover from the relentless storms.

The Italian conductor Ricardo Chailly is 60 years old today. He was born in Milan in 1953 and got an auspicious start in his chosen career when he…

At one time, Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Wagner were friends - kind of in an Odd Couple sort of way. Wagner would complain about someone's conducting,…

Modest Mussorgsky was born on this date in 1839. He was one of the group of Russian composers known as "The Five," or "The Mighty Handful," who were…

Mark Englehart plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

If you visit a pool operated by the YMCA or the city of Cincinnati this summer, you'll need to schedule a reservation before arriving.