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Country music star Waylon Jennings died this week at the age of 64. Born in 1937 in Littlefield, Texas, he was a disc jockey at 14, and had already formed his own band at the age of 12, making guest appearances on local station KDAV's Sunday Party, where he met Buddy Holly in 1955. Jennings became Holly's bass player. It was Jennings who gave his seat up to the Big Bopper on the plane that crashed and killed Buddy Holly. In 1975, Waylon was named the Country Music Association's Male Vocalist of the Year, and in 1976, he helped found the "Outlaw Movement." In that year, Waylon, Willie, Jessi Colter (who married Waylon in 1969) and Tompall Glaser teamed up for Wanted: The Outlaws that became the first platinum (one million units) album ever recorded in Nashville. Waylon, the authorized autobiography, was written with writer-musician Lenny Kaye in 1996.

John Ridley takes us to a world few people know about -- the world of the true comic book junkie. Ridley explores the defining quality of the comic book fan: delusion. It's a place where fans ponder the private lives of Aquaman and Wonder Woman. (10:24)

Women will race bobsleds in the Olympics for the first time tomorrow. With expectations high, the U.S. team is already caught up in high drama and controversy. NPR's Howard Berkes reports from Salt Lake City.

In the village of Sandwich, N.H., friends take turns caring for a man with Lou Gehrig's Disease. It's a homegrown solution to fill the gaps left by insurance and social service agencies. NPR's Richard Knox tells the story of Phil Simmons and his circle of caregivers.

Lisa talks with author Ronald White about President Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address. The speech was not well received at the time, but now it's considered one of the greatest presidential speeches. Ronald White is the author of Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural Address. (Simon and Shuster)

Lisa talks with writer T. Coraghessan Boyle about his latest collection of short stories, After the Plague. (Viking Press)

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports that Slobodan Milosevic lashed out against the U.N. war crimes tribunal today on the second day of his war crimes trial. The former Yugoslav president called the trial a "lynch process," and challenged the tribunal's jurisdiction. Milosevic is charged with crimes against humanity, including genocide, for his role in the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

The trial of Slobodan Milosevic entered its second week today. Milosevic finished his opening statement in front of the U.N. war crimes tribunal and prosecutors began calling their first witnesses. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from the Hague.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from The Hague on the war crimes trial of former Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic. (3:00)

Host Lisa Simeone talks to NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about today's Olympic events: men's Super G Alpine skiing, and yes, the figure skating scandal. (4:01)