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Private companies, including those from the steel, telecommunications and construction industries, gather for a conference on Iraq's reconstruction. Equity International, which sponsored the meeting, has organized similar meetings after wars in the Balkans and Afghanistan and says the effort to rebuild Iraq will cost at least $9 billion. Hear NPR's Kathleen Schalch.

CIA director Michael Hayden says the agency destroyed videotapes of its interrogations of two top al Qaida suspects, made in 2002. Philip Zelikow, executive director of the 9/11 Commission, had hoped to review the tapes.

Thursday, June 9 at 7:00 pm: From America Abroad: All across the world people are using nonviolent resistance to tackle corruption, to challenge their...

Sunday, May 15 at 9:00 pm As Miles Ahead, actor/director Don Cheadle’s film about Miles Davis, opens in movie theaters this spring, WVXU presents a...

The life and music of music legend Rosemary Clooney will be celebrated by Queen City Cabaret at The Carnegie in Covington on Sunday, December 9.

Celebrating the comedy duo Laurel & Hardy , the 21 st International Sons of the Desert Convention convenes in Cincinnati July 9-15.

The 9-11 Commission's final report was a stern rebuke of the nation's intelligence system. But after two months of discussion in Congress and the White House, the chances of reform coming before Congress adjourns on Oct. 8 are slim. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

At an auction in Moscow, a little-known investment group purchases oil producer Yukos' largest subsidiary for $9.3 billion, about half its value. The Russian government says Yukos owes $28 billion in back taxes. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and Natalie Nougarede of Le Monde.

Administration officials say President Bush is backing the 9-11 Commission's recommendations for the creation of a national intelligence director. But the position will not be established inside the White House, as the commission proposed. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Thousands converged at the Wayne County Fairgrounds for the Michigan Elvisfest in Belleville to celebrate the life and work of Elvis Presley.