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This week defrocked priest Paul Shanley was convicted of child rape, after the victim testified about memories of the abuse that he recalled only after seeing news reports about Shanley. The trial focused on those memories' reliability, but evidence is growing that nearly all memories distort the truth.

Environmental activists and transportation officials in Las Vegas remain locked in a legal battle over the widening of Nevada's U.S. highway 95. Proponents of the road believe it will ease traffic congestion, while opponents warn that expansion will increase air pollution. NPR's Luke Burbank reports.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's proposal to amend his country's constitution to allow competitive presidential elections comes as opposition to the president grows. NPR's Sheilah Kast speaks with Megan Stack of The Los Angeles Times, who is in Cairo.

Producer Michael Lee of member station KUT in Austin, Texas, offers this audio snapshot of Chad Rackowitz, a Texas teacher and diabetic who may owe his life to the first graders he teaches.

We note the passing of Jimmy Smith, the musician who creatively linked jazz and the Hammond B-3 organ.

Michele Norris talks with the Rev. Jerome Fowler about a posthumous honorable discharge from the Army for his great-uncle, Chaplain Henry Vinton Plummer. Plummer, a former slave, was dishonorably discharged in 1894 for drinking with enlisted men and cursing in front of one man's children and wife.

US customers started deluging Mexican border pharmacies after Texas passed an anti-abortion law last fall. A two-pill combination costs about $400 and does not require a doctor's prescription.

People from Detroit and Boston speak about the status of their retirement savings.

David McGinnis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies discusses the status of the National Guard. The Guard makes up about one-third of the troops in Iraq, and McGinnis says that it was not designed for this kind of war.

In Kansas, debate continues over how and whether to teach evolution in schools. The state Board of Education appears likely to adopt a proposal to change the state's science standards to accommodate proponents of a new creationist movement.