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NPR's Noah Adams speaks to Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about how the results of the upcoming presidential race might affect the makeup of the Supreme Court of the United States. Lithwick says most current speculation about which judge is likely to retire -- and who Kerry or Bush would nominate to replace them -- is way off base.

Police in Lancaster County say the pig named Hamilton is "the fastest pig alive." Police called the Lancaster Farm Sanctuary for backup, and workers were able to corral Hamilton.

Why does the U.S. have a holiday for chief executives, but none for their vice presidents? We right that wrong on this Presidents Day with an original vice presidents song.

The effort to put a flag on every veteran's grave was started by Paul Monti, after his son Jared was killed in Afghanistan in 2006.

General Electric workers are upset over increases in their portion of health-care premiums. The strikers hope their actions send a message to GE management on what's important when negotiations for a new contract begin in May. Rachel Gotbaum of member station WBUR reports.

Tucked between Gray Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Small Business Saturday. It's a designation invented by American Express, but it's becoming vital to small businesses around the country.

The Pentagon has released a memo detailing a planned November extravaganza with "no tanks," Washington, D.C., officials should be relieved to learn. City streets can't take the weight.

2: Writer ISABEL ALLENDE (I-en-day). Her first work of non-fiction, "Paula" (Harper Collins) is now a bestseller in paperback. The book was inspired when her 28 year old daughter fell into an irreversible coma. "Paula" began as a letter to her dying daughter and turned into an autobiographical work telling of life from ALLENDE's childhood in Chile to her exile in Venezuela and her move to San Francisco. Publisher's Weekly says, "Only a writer of Allende's passion and skill could share her tragedy with her readers and leave them exhilarated and grateful." Two of Allende's previous works of fiction, "The House of Spirits" and "Of Love and Shadows", have been made into motion pictures. (ORIGINALLY BROADCAST 5

Lead singer for the band the Jayhawks, Gary Louris. The Minneapolis band has seven albums to its credit — the latest is Rainy Day Music. The band is considered pioneers of the alternative-country movement, but have incorporated everything from pop to folk to rock and country. One reviewer in Rolling Stone writes of their new album, (it's) "all lilting vocals and gentle accoustic fireworks: The slow waltzing guitars and sweet, wrenching vocals of the mortality-obsessed 'Will I See You in Heaven' might seem melodramatic on any other record, but not here, because time rolling slowly away from us is the Jayhawks' main subject matter."

A study released by the website CareerBuilder finds nearly a third of employees said they called in sick when they weren't really. Among their imaginative medical excuses: losing false teeth out the car window or extreme grumpiness from quitting smoking.