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Howard Dean says he can still win Tuesday's Wisconsin primary, despite lagging in the most recent polls. With the primary a day away, Dean has been forced to endure some turbulence in his own campaign -- including the exit of his chairman, who had aired plans for quitting the race. Hear NPR's Michelle Norris and NPR's Robert Smith.

The U.S. Air Force Museum near Dayton, Ohio, is missing hundreds of items from its archives. Experts say many of the items missing from the world's largest and oldest aviation museum, including 13 unarmed bombs, space mission items and an engine mold for the 1903 Wright Flyer, are considered priceless. Hear Ryan Warner of member station WYSO.

Mike White is the Hollywood screenwriter behind hit films including The School of Rock, The Good Girl and Chuck & Buck. His film Year of the Dog, a "not very funny" comedy about a woman grieving for her lost pet, is due out on DVD Aug. 28

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Doc Watson is one of America's most revered folk musicians; he's often called the finest flat-picker in the country. This show originally aired Jan. 19, 1996; it contains material from a 1988 interview and a 1989 studio concert.

Actor Steve Carell, star of The Office and this summer's big-screen adaptation Get Smart, talks about awkward moments on film — and about his unexpected rise to fame.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews two new recent DVD releases of children's TV shows from the 1980s: Pee-Wee's Playhouse and Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre.

Confusion and miscommunication reigned on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as civilian and military air controllers tried to cope with four airliners hijacked by terrorists. Today, the memories were all too vivid as the bipartisan commission investigating those terror attacks replayed the events minute by minute, with chilling conclusions. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson.

Nine states file suit against the federal government after the Environmental Protection Agency eases parts of the Clean Air Act. The changes affect whether anti-pollution gear must be installed when industrial plants are modernized. Business groups are generally pleased, and environmentalists are livid. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

Another boy band? Hardly. 2gether is sort of a Spinal Tap for the turn of the century. The group was "created" as a parody of such boy bands as N'Sync. A mockumentary called, 2gether, aired on MTV earlier this year and a strange thing happened. The parody band generated 300 fan Websites; the soundtrack hit the charts; and Britney Spears asked the parodists to open for her last tour. It gets weirder. The musicians have started to take themselves seriously. Alix Spiegel reports.

The case of Air Force pilot Kelly Flinn -- who this week accepted a less than honorable discharge rather than face a court martial for adultery, fraternization, and disobedience -- has focused attention on the military charge of fraternization. NPR's Barbara Bradley examines the discrepancies in the ways the different branches of the armed forces deal with fraternization, and how the meaning of the term has changed as more women have entered the military.