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Twenty years ago, Philadelphia's Osage Avenue was the site of a stunning use of force by city police. Survivors recall the day that a confrontation between police and a radical group called MOVE left 11 people dead. Five were children.

In the wake of the recent arrest of an alleged accomplice in the Red Lake shootings, NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with former FBI Special Agent Frank McCrary about profiling suspects.

The Presidential Commission on Intelligence Thursday releases the results of its 14-month review of current and previous U.S. intelligence on various threats. The report also offers advice on how to implement intelligence reform legislation.

At a camp in Burundi, former Hutu and Tutsi fighters are being urged to put their ethnic prejudices aside. Soldiers from both sides of a decades-long conflict are learning to adopt peaceful lives. Marianne McCune of member station WNYC reports.

Graco Children's Products agrees to pay a $4 million penalty for late reporting of problems with its products, including high chairs and strollers. It's the largest civil penalty issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Christopher Conkey of The Wall Street Journal talks about the fine.

In a ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court made it easier for older workers to sue employers for age discrimination. NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with Slate's Emily Bazelon about the decision.

The Bush administration is running into increasing resistance to altering Social Security. Republicans in Congress are beginning to feel pressure from their constituents as well. The president stumped for changes to Social Security in Iowa Wednesday.

NPR's David Schaper reports on plans by the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese to close 23 schools in the city and surrounding suburbs at the end of this school year. The closings could displace more than 4,000 students, mostly in poor and minority neighborhoods.

At 25, singer-songwriter Susie Suh has a recording contract with Sony's Epic label and a self-titled debut CD. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Suh about where her music comes from — and where she hopes to be going.

Commentator Richard Howorth is the mayor of Oxford, Miss., and the owner of a well-known bookstore there. He says that many writers have come to Oxford in search of William Faulkner's legacy. And like them, the town has had to find its own identity apart from the celebrated author.