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The American public, military and the intelligence community were all affected by the Iraq war. Tom Ricks of the Center for a New American Security, retired Marine Col. Gary Anderson and Army veteran Andrew Exum discuss how Americans will remember the war, and what we should learn from it.

Twenty-six years after Robert Dixon Jr. went to prison for acting as an accessory to murder, friends and family swear that he is a new man, one committed to redeeming the second half of his life. But according to a test that holds incredible power — some say too much — in the U.S. justice system, Dixon is a psychopath, incapable of reform.

Tiger Woods will have to come out of seclusion at some point, and when he finally does, his first TV interview will be a major get. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik describes the frenzied angling among producers and anchors desperate to get Tiger on their network.

A pilot project to test a "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border has been riddled with technical problems. Completion of the project's first phase will be delayed by at least three years. The virtual fence pilot project covers 28 miles of the border, south of Tucson.

The 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to three Americans for their insights into the fundamental structures of matter -- the forces that bind together quarks. David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek showed how tiny quark particles interact, helping to explain how a coin spins -- and how the universe was built.

The Obama administration says Chicago winning its bid for the 2016 Olympics would be good for the city's economy. The same argument has been made by many Olympic bidders — but the proof is sketchy.

The Department of Agriculture introduces a new food pyramid that incorporates a symbol for physical activity. The nutritional guidelines, accompanied by a Web site offering tailored recommendations, are aimed at changing American lifestyles.

Tickets are sold out for the San Diego Chargers playoff game this Sunday. The Chargers will play the New England Patriots at home. KPBS Radio's Andrew Phelps reports that security will be tight.

How much we trust the people around us may be strongly influenced by biology. Studies have found that levels of a hormone called oxytocin can change how trusting we are. Some people, like 9-year-old Isabelle, are born with a genetic disorder that may interfere with the body's regulation of this hormone. Isabelle has no social fear. She literally trusts everyone.

More than 100,000 Ohio jobs were lost this year, a result of the nation's economic crisis and, more specifically, a suffering auto industry. Ohio's unemployment rate of 7.2 percent, one of the highest in the country, has leaders in the Midwestern state asking Washington for help. Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher explains the extent of Ohio's labor crisis.