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Capt. Iven Kincheloe flew a rocket-powered plane to the edge of space in 1956. Had he not died in a later mission, the young Air Force pilot might have become one of the country's first astronauts. NPR's Bob Edwards profiles Kincheloe on Morning Edition. See footage of the historic flight.

With public support for his handling of the Iraq war waning and Democrats on the attack, President Bush has been defending himself more aggressively. Monday, in a speech at an Air Force base in Alaska, the president said that Iraq under Saddam Hussein was a threat that needed to be confronted.

Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews The Irrational Numbers, the new album from improvisation-oriented bassist Drew Gress. In truth, he says, the numbers the band plays are less "irrational" than pleasantly unpredictable.

The country singer reflects on his time in prison and several of his greatest hits in conversation with Terry Gross in 1995.

In 2007, journalist and former soldier Kelly Kennedy embedded with the U.S. Army's Charlie Company in Iraq. In 15 months, the 26th Infantry Regiment had the most casualties of any U.S. battalion since Vietnam. Kennedy details her year with the troops in her book They Fought for Each Other.

The CNN anchor publicly apologized for comments about when women "are in their prime" during a show that aired Thursday.

Former colleagues say David Uhlmann will work to make sure Americans can breathe clean air and drink safe water.

The New York Times reported Thursday night that the lovely, contemplative musical preface to President Obama's swearing in was, essentially, a fake: Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Anthony McGill and Gabriela Montero were not actually playing "Air and Simple Gifts" live. Instead, they were doing the classical-music equivalent of lip-syncing.

Neuroscientist David Eagleman says everything we think, do and believe is determined by complex neural networks battling it out in our brains. His book Incognito, in which he explains what scientists are learning about this hidden world of cognition, is now out in paperback.

The Ukrainian air force says one of Russia's most modern ships was at the shipyard but doesn't say if that ship was hit. Russia acknowledges a vessel was hit, but doesn't say which kind.