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Loretta Lynch is the lead federal prosecutor in a district of 8 million people. But outside law enforcement circles, she isn't widely known. She'd be the nation's first black female attorney general.

A divided Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 Thursday to uphold a key tool of civil rights law — the ability of plaintiffs to sue in housing bias cases using evidence of disparate impact.

Novelist Bebe Moore Campbell died Monday. She was known to many NPR listeners as a long-time commentator. Her novels about African-American life were best sellers, winning praise for their authenticity and readability, as well as their serious themes.

A Chinese Coast Guard ship fired a water cannon at a Philippine boat trying to resupply a military outpost on a disputed reef. The incident has heightened tension in a region already on edge.

A military hearing begins to determine whether seven Marines and a Navy corpsman should be court-martialed for allegedly kidnapping and killing an Iraqi man in April in the town of Hamdania.

President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday, saying he was at the beginning of his work on the world stage. He also refused to renounce war, saying he is obliged to protect and defend the U.S.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the FBI. The agency has been a frequent source of inspiration for Hollywood over the years. Host Andrea Seabrook presents a few of the more memorable film representations of the bureau.

Janis Ian wrote "Society's Child," a song about an interracial couple in the 1960s, when she was 15 years old, a song that she says everyone hated her for. In a new memoir, Ian recounts her life as an activist and musician.

Crosby set the mold for the multimedia star: on radio, on the big screen and on record. The 1940s was the period when his star shone brightest and Swinging on a Star by Gary Giddins tells that story.

The drug industry's main trade group spent at least $101.2 million in 2009 on advocacy efforts during the contentious health care overhaul debate. A lot of the money went to lobbying and TV ads in favor of the law, but some went to its foes.