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Host Bob Edwards talking with NPR's Debbie Elliot about a murder trial in Birmingham, Alabama, which began yesterday. Ku Klux Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr., is accused of a 1963 church bombing that killed 4 black girls.

The trial of former Ku Klux Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr. is over. The man was convicted of bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on the trial and sentencing in this highly publicized case.

Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan lists her favorite books of 2005, including novels by Mary Gaitskill and Kazuo Ishiguro, and memoirs by Joan Didion and J.R. Moehringer.

Host Scott Simon talks with Robert Bork, Jr., about what Senator Lott did wrong in trying to save his post as majority leader. Mr. Bork specializes in public relations crisis management.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the death of screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr., the last surviving member of the Hollywood Ten. He and nine other writers and directors appeared before the House Unamerican Activities Committee in 1947 to answer--or refuse to answer--questions about their involvement with the Communist Party.

The suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., was apprehended on Monday after a 12-hour lockdown in which students were told to shelter.

Hundreds rallied outside the Supreme Court this week as the justices heard arguments in two gay marriage cases. Host Michel Martin speaks to Bishop Harry Jackson, who opposes same-sex marriage and spoke at the Marriage March, a rally held in Washington, D.C.

A child of Sri Lankan immigrants, music journalist S.H. "Skiz" Fernando, Jr. grew up eating Sri Lankan food. But he didn't master the art of the cuisine until he moved to Sri Lanka and enlisted the help of his aunts. Fernando shares the results in Rice and Curry: Sri Lankan Home Cooking.

The Bills Squish the Fish in Week 2, Sabres Prospects Take to the Ice, Two Local Runners Receive Honors, We Preview a Private vs Public Matchup on Friday Night Lights.

RFK Jr.'s reshaped ACIP vaccine panel re-did a vote from yesterday on the MMRV vaccine and scrapped plans for another vote on the hepatitis B birth dose.