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Commentator Baxter Black sings his version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

Host Renee Montagne talks with photographer Arnold Newman. An exhibition of Newman's work is on display at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. During his career, Newman has photographed some of the most notable people in the world; from Francisco Franco to Truman Capote. He's also photographed every American President from Kennedy to Clinton. Newman is credited with creating a unique photographic style called "environmental" portraits.

We invited listeners to phone us at 202-408-0300 and tell us about recordings they have saved, from their families, friends, public figures. Quest for Sound Curator Jay Allison tells us how we might use their material and why we care.

Lisa talks with attorney Kevin Underhill about his spoofs of great literature. He's rewritten parts of the Book of Job, Ulysses and Moby Dick in the language of 'legalese.' He also wrote a legalese version of the Twelve Days of Christmas. His original spoofs can be found at www.greenbag.org.

An independent panel headed by retired Navy Adm. Harold Gehman takes over the Columbia investigation. Meanwhile, a joint House-Senate hearing launches a congressional investigation into why the space shuttle broke apart upon re-entry Feb. 1. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

In the first of an occasional series on Young People and Religion, Lynn Neary reports on members of Generation X who are filling two very different churches in Seattle. One is a borrowed space in which traditional doctrine is celebrated to a rock music beat. The other uses ancient ritual but adheres to less traditional teachings.

The outage was one of the biggest in recent months for the island's crumbling electrical grid, which has seen its periodic blackouts grow worse the last few years.

Susan Stamberg reports on the story behind Irving Berlin's hit "Alexander's Ragtime Band."

In the final part of a two-part series, NPR's Madeleine Brand concludes the report on the Supermax prison in Boscobel, Wis. The facility is full of solitary confinement cells, and is one of about three dozen such prisons in the country, which are designed to house inmates who are too disruptive and violent for maximum security prisons.

Hank Williams' 1949 hit foreshadows his untimely death four years later, at the age of 29.