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NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about an overall dip in mortgage rates since the Federal Reserve raised interest rates last week.

A new law is taking hold in many states, requiring owners of new homes to hold off suing the builder for repairs until they give the builder a chance to fix the problem. Homebuilders say it's only fair. Some owners of new homes say it's not fair to them and they want it repealed. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with Nadya Labi, senior editor of the magazine Legal Affairs, about the "transport" industry -- professionals hired by parents to take difficult teenagers away to reform schools or residential treatment centers. We also hear the personal story of Kelly Lauritsen, who describes her experience being transported to a reform school in Mexico four years ago.

Tom Ridge on Thursday again emphasized that his agency has credible evidence of al Qaeda activity in the United States, and that it may strike to upset U.S. elections. The warning, however, did not include an upgrade of the nation's color-coded alert level. Administration critics say the White House is trying to maintain a national sense of fear to provide a boost for President Bush this November. NPR's Tony Cox speaks with experts on the topic: James Bamford, author of Pretext for War, and Juliette Kayyem, who served on the National Commission on Terrorism and now lectures on counterterrorism at the Kennedy School of Government.

At the start of the pro baseball season, stories about steroid use among ballplayers made headlines. Now those concerns seem to have drifted away -- and if attendance figures are any indication, fans are enjoying the games and forgetting the controversy. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis.

Former Enron CEO and Chairman Kenneth Lay pleads not guilty to federal charges that he participated in a scheme to deceive investors and government regulators about his company's financial health. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

A Senate Intelligence Committee report issued Friday suggests that the global intelligence community, in investigating whether or not Saddam Hussein's government had access to weapons of mass destruction, suffered from a "collective groupthink," which led them to misinterpret "ambiguous evidence." All Things Considered explains the term "groupthink."

The Pride of Baltimore, a tall ship built for the American Bicentennial, sank in a storm in 1986, killing four people. Eight others survived. Author Tom Waldron tells the story in his book Pride of the Sea.

Metallica is one of the most popular bands ever — but not long ago, their rock 'n' roll empire was in danger of crumbling. The documentary Some Kind of Monster captures the band undergoing group therapy.

In the worst violence since Iraq's new government took over two weeks ago, a car bomb was detonated at the entrance to the interim governments offices, killing 10 and wounding 40. Soon after, insurgents ambushed the governor of Mosul's convoy, killing the governor and two bodyguards. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.