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President Bush selects federal appeals court Judge Michael Chertoff to be director of the Department of Homeland Security. Bush noted that the Senate has confirmed Chertnoff three times in the past for other posts. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

The Environmental Protection Agency has offered the nation's factory farms a four-year immunity from air pollution laws if they agree to participate in the agency's study of the farms' airborne emissions. Activist groups are calling the plan a delaying tactic.

An Australian held at the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says he and other detainees are being physically and psychologically abused. David Hicks filed an affidavit in federal court alleging detainees were beaten while handcuffed and blindfolded. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

The traditional order of corporate America, with younger workers reporting to older bosses, is often turned on its head these days. The trend is the spark for the comedy In Good Company. As NPR's Frank Langfitt reports, the phenomenon isn't merely in the movies.

In the first press conference of his second term, President Bush encourages Iraqis to vote in the Jan. 30 election despite potential attacks from insurgents. The president touched on a range of issues from violence in Iraq to how he plans to implement his call to spread freedom around the world.

In 1961, Wilbert Rideau killed a woman in Lake Charles, La. He's since become an award-winning prison journalist. This week, Rideau went on trial for the killing for a fourth time, hoping a jury will free him. NPR's Laura Sullivan reports.

In 1995, Republicans brought forth the Contract with America, a wide-reaching agenda at a time when the party had gained control of the House. Ten years later the contract has a mixed legacy. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says U.S. forces are needed -- and wanted by most Iraqis -- as the nation seeks to form a lasting government. But he tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that a long-term U.S. presence would undermine efforts to create a stable Iraq.

A conflict over Social Security has extended to workers at the Social Security Administration itself. Some employees say the agency is using public funds to promote a political agenda, namely President Bush's plan to partly privatize the system. NPR's Libby Lewis reports.

Fifty years ago, the U.S. Navy launched the world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus. Now a floating museum, the vessel shattered all submerged speed and distance records and eventually became the first to travel under the North Pole. Susan Perrin reports.