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Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Rita Houston will watch their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discuss what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.

A commission on Abu Ghraib prison abuses, headed by former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, finds fault throughout the chain of military command and in Washington. Top leaders are criticized for failing to provide adequate resources to the prison. Hear Schlesinger and NPR's Robert Siegel.

The Basic with Ads plan will include 15-to-30-second ads before and during shows and films, as well as have a smaller selection of content due to licensing restrictions.

Despite penguins, lions and gorillas battling for Hollywood supremacy, 2005 will go down as a box office disappointment. But NPR critic Bob Mondello says the year's films were high on quality.

The charity responds to questions about its overhead costs, such as the $26 million it spent on conventions — including at least one that was held at a luxury resort.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently fired the city's police superintendent. Now, residents will get to have a say about who should lead the country's second-largest police department.

Fresh Air's arbiter of things filmic offers his annual year-end movies wrap-up. This time, his Top 10 list has 11 entries, as the number-nine slot features a tie. At the top: Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares his list of the 10 best albums of 2014 (and a few honorable mentions).

Cheney, vice chair of the House select committee, will make a statement at Thursday's primetime hearing and lead the questioning of witnesses. Breaking with her party may cost Cheney her House seat.

A Secret Service spokesman disputes the Department of Homeland Security inspector general's account, saying its request came after a mobile phone migration had started, but no messages were lost.