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High school junior Lauryn Silverman of Youth Radio shares her struggle to recover from the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, an illness that affects one out of every 100 high school and college-age females in the United States.

Rock historian Ed Ward reviews a three-disc release of a Charlie Poole recording from the 1930s. The record, You Ain't Talkin' To Me, is from the Columbia Legacy label. Poole was a banjo-playing pioneer of country music.

At least 500 people have died in Uzbekistan after violent protests in the Central Asian country. Demonstrators remain in control of parts of the country, which provided a military base for U.S. forces' operations in nearby Afghanistan. Last week Uzbek troops clashed with Islamic protesters after rebels freed inmates who were to be tried on charges of religious extremism.

Investigators meet with billionaire investor Warren Buffett in their investigation of improper transactions between American International Group and General Re, a subsidiary of Buffett's Berkshire-Hathaway.

Classes resume at Minnesota's Red Lake High School, three weeks after a teen gunman killed nine people before taking his own life. Students will attend class in an older part of the school, avoiding the area where the shootings took place. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Robertson reports.

John Negroponte, President Bush's nominee for the new position of National Intelligence Director, testifies at his Senate confirmation hearing. Negroponte may face tough questions about his actions while serving in Central America during the Contra War, but he is expected to win easy confirmation.

Grocery shelves are sagging with every kind of beer imaginable, in taste and appearance. With the help of beer expert Michael Jackson, Michele Norris and Robert Siegel take stock — and taste — of some of the world's finest (and most expensive) beers.

Years of drought have drastically lowered the level of water in Lake Powell. That worries Western cities downstream that use the water, but it also presents an upside: Some of Glen Canyon's natural treasures were exposed for the first time in decades.

On the 25th anniversary weekend of CNN's creation, Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Media Correspondent David Folkenflik about the significance and culture of 24-hour news networks.

President Bush summons White House reporters to the Rose Garden to hear his views on a dozen issues, including the violence in Iraq, charges of abuse at Guantanamo Bay, his campaign for new federal judges and a new approach to Social Security.