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Newsman Walter Cronkite recalls the United Press World War II radio drama that used actors to portray its reporters in the field. While the real Walter Cronkite was covering the air war over Germany, an actor played "Walter Cronkite" in the series, 'Soldiers of the Press,' as part of a media public relations war.

Assuming an on-stage microphone had been turned off on Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry was heard describing the Bush-Cheney administration as "crooked." Republicans reacted angrily, but President Bush also has made embarrassing off-mic comments that ended up on the air.

NPR's Paul Brown traces country blues back to its origins among sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta. It's part of "Honky Tonks, Hymns and the Blues," a special 11-part weekly series, airing Fridays on Morning Edition, highlighting the creation of American musical traditions.

Seventy-two-year-old actor David Carradine was found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok. He was best known for his role in Kill Bill: Vol 1, Kill Bill: Vol. 2 and the Kung Fu TV series.

The Federal Communications Commission agrees to accept a settlement of nearly $2 million from Clear Channel over charges of on-air indecency. Clear Channel is the nation's largest radio station owner. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

The Federal Communications Commission has warned Sinclair Broadcast Group that it will take action if a program critical of Sen. John Kerry violates regulations. The FCC cannot preemptively prohibit the stations from airing the program. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.

Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira is accused of posting classified documents he had access to at work on a chat room on the social media platform Discord.

In the largest financial settlement ever under the Clean Air Act, the Midwestern utility Cinergy Corporation agrees to stake steps to reduce acid rain. Andrea Bernstein reports that the agreement settles a lawsuit filed by New York State and the Environmental Protection Agency, which blame Midwestern coal fired utilities for causing acid rain and harming public health.

The joint NPR-National Georgraphic Society project, Radio Expeditions, revisits three earlier stories to bring us up to date on what's happened since Alex Chadwick's reports first aired: the atoll of Palmyra; a North American conservation proposal called Yellowstone-to-Yukon; and Roger Payne's three-year round-the-world journey.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on the ongoing disagreement about the cause of last year's crash of EgyptAir flight 990. National Transportation Safety Board investigators still believe the co-pilot crashed the plane intentionally. Egyptian officials disagree and have their own investigation underway. A report from that team is expected early next year.