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About 1 million Muslim women live in America; 43 percent of them wear headscarves full time. But now, a generation of Muslim women is taking off the headscarf, or hijab. For many, their choice is an attempt to balance their private lives with a very public symbol of their religion.

Two of 110 children tested today at a school in Grant Hill had high levels of lead in their blood, the San Diego Housing Commission reported.

The University of San Diego basketball program is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons this week. Two former players and a former assistant coach have been indicted on charges that they accepted bribes to fix games in February, 2010. We speak to San Diego Union-Tribune Sports Reporter Mark Zeigler about the charges the former USD players and coach are facing, and how authorities investigated the alleged bribery scheme.

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The lucky museums are New York's Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum; the California Science Center; the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; and the Kennedy Space Center. Some family members of astronauts who died in shuttle tragedies said they were heartbroken by the fact that Space Center Houston was left out.

A jury began deliberations Friday in the trial of former Major League Baseball player Barry Bonds, accused of perjury and obstruction of justice related to steroid use. Athletes charged with drug use often find their reputations tarnished — but not always irreversibly.

In the last days of the presidential campaign, William Ayers became the focus of attacks against Barack Obama. Ayers, a former member of the radical antiwar group the Weather Underground, talks about the extent of his association with the president-elect and why he remained silent during the campaign.

Mayor Jerry Sanders and City Councilman Kevin Faulconer recently proposed a ballot measure to switch new non-public safety workers from a guaranteed pension plan to a 401(k) retirement account. Coucilman Faulconer and the president of AFSCME Local 127 talk about how the proposal could impact the city's budget deficit and workforce.

The FBI has told agents that in "exceptional cases" they can question suspects for a longer amount of time before reading them their Miranda rights. There must be an "immediate threat" to public safety.

Coalition commanders cited progress on Monday in their effort to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya and to cripple Moammar Gadhafi's military forces. An NPR news special examines the latest on the Libya conflict, the international response to the air strikes, and what allied forces hope to accomplish.