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Iran's president announces that 15 British sailors and marines held since March 23 for allegedly straying into Iran's territorial waters will be freed. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies talks with Steve Inskeep.

Members of the Bancroft family, who hold a controlling interest in Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, agree to consider media mogul Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for the financial news publisher.

Human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir, who is currently under house arrest in Lahore, talks about her detention, the state of the emergency rule in Pakistan and Friday's scheduled protests.

The National Intelligence Estimate says al-Qaida is a renewed threat to the United States and has a strong base in Iraq.

Olympic champion sprinter Marion Jones has admitted using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games and plans to plead guilty on Friday to lying about her drug use.

The rising Mississippi River has broken through a half-dozen levees and forced major bridges to close. The record high water is consuming towns in its path.

United Airlines and mechanics reach a tentative agreement on wage cuts, a United spokesman says. The union representing 13,000 United mechanics plans to vote on the proposal Thursday. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

United Airlines flight attendants approve a salary reduction, but that might not be enough to stave off bankruptcy for the airline. Mechanics rejected salary cuts last week, but new talks are scheduled. Shirley Jahad reports.

The nation's seventh-largest insurance company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing by Conseco, Inc., is the third largest in U.S. history behind WorldCom and Enron. Will Murphy of member station WFIU reports.

A large winter storm threatens Christmas Day travel from the Middle Atlantic states north into New England. Forecasters say Albany, N.Y., could receive 10 to 20 inches of snow. Listen to NPR News.