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The U.S. women's hockey team is a favorite to win a medal at the Winter Games in Turin. Players and coaches say exposure from the Olympics has drawn more female players to the sport.

The video-sharing Web site YouTube.com has changed the way some people see the Internet. But it's also changing how people hear vintage artists, from the late Wilson Pickett to the up-and-coming Arctic Monkeys.

Renee Montagne watched the State of the Union address with a group in New Orleans. Linda Wertheimer talks to Renee about the family's reaction.

Charles Fishman, author of The Wal-Mart Effect, talks about how Wal-Mart became the largest company in world history. He claims that the retail giant has such power that it affects everyone's daily lives, whether they shop at or do business with Wal-Mart.

High gas prices have set off calls for conservation and investigation of price gouging. But among residents of Arizona, high gas prices have also provoked some less predictable reactions.

Federal officials failed to act quickly or decisively enough in response to Hurricane Katrina, congressional investigators say. The failure to designate a single official to lead the overall federal response made matters worse, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Iranian government officials from the president on down emphasized that they will not give up the right to enrich uranium and they insist the United States and Europe are falsely accusing Iran of seeking nuclear weapons. Linda Wertheimer talks to Mike Shuster.

A New York City staircase has been listed as one of America's most endangered historic sites by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Patty Clark, left, and Kayla Bergeron escaped from the collapsing World Trade Center through these steps, now known as the "survivor" staircase.

David Bransby, professor of energy crops at Auburn University, is an expert on switch grass, which President Bush mentioned in his State of the Union address. Bransby says switch grass is cheap to grow and provides a high yield crop that can make a lot of ethanol for a low cost.

The New York Times columnist says the stroke forced him to choose: He could focus on what had been lost, or on what remained. His memoir is The Beauty of Dusk. Originally broadcast March 22, 2022.