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Ninety percent of Netflix customers get their DVDs within a day of shipping. But a move by Netflix to thwart its own seamless system to save money on high-volume customers has landed the rental firm in court.

Melissa Block and Michele Norris read from listeners' letters and e-mails. Among this week's topics: our series on legal immigration, David Schaper's story on the good side of urban sprawl, and Michele Norris's piece about the 25th anniversary of the death of Bob Marley.

Michele Norris says she's had enough of chatty dolls, singing globes and anything else with a talking microchip. All those annoying playthings make her wonder: Why are toys so loud?

Federal agents in Milford Township, Mich., a western Detroit suburb, are digging up a horse farm searching for any sign of the remains of former union leader Jimmy Hoffa. Hoffa disappeared in 1975. The farm is known as a place where organized-crime figures used to hang out.

In Florida, Hazel Haley has been teaching English at Lakeland High School since 1939. She's been teaching in the same classroom since 1952! She's retiring this year and the community is grateful for her long service. In some cases, she's taught three generations of the same family. Robin Sussingham of member station WUSF reports.

As a child, Jane Hamill thought Barbie was the ultimate in cool. Now a fashion designer in Chicago, Hamill realizes her belief in a doll was a belief in her own skills, creativity and ability to succeed.

The rescue of three Christian peace activists held hostage since last November comes as an enormous relief to their colleagues. Renee Montagne talks to Anita David, a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams in Baghdad.

Georgia wildlife officials have reported more than 50 nests so far.

Voters in Spokane, Wash., recalled Mayor Jim West Tuesday in a special election -- a vote sparked by a local paper's reports on allegations West misused his office to solicit sexual liaisons with young men. Madeleine Brand speaks with Seattle Times chief political reporter David Postman about the election and the requirement that West leave his office by December 16.

Funding will go to seven of the state’s 16 regional education service agencies and seven state universities including UGA.