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Retired Republican political consultant ED ROLLINS. He's just written a book chronicling his 30 years in American politics, "Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms: My Life in American Politics" (with Tom DeFrank, published by Broadway Books). ROLLINS began his political life a Democrat, working for Bobby Kennedy's campaign in 1968. After an experience at a violent demonstration, though, he became a Republican and worked his way up to become President Reagan's top political advisor. He managed the land-slide Reagan re-election. He also chaired Jack Kemp's unsuccessful 1988 presidential bid and for a short stint managed Ross Perot 1992 independent presidential campaign. Controversial for his outspoken and rough manner, ROLLINS is most recently remembered for inadvertently revealing the supposed pay-offs given to black ministers so they would surpress black voter turnout in the 1993 gubernatorial campaign of Christine Todd Whitman. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

Chen's showing at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing clenches a season-best international score and helps put U.S. figure skating on top in the team event.

Bieber's current single, "Baby," from his chart-topping album My World 2.0, is a slickly peppy bit of pop-soul that wears its freshly broken heart on its sleeve. Along the way, it neatly accomplishes the trick of tugging at the sympathies of Bieber's most besotted fans.

"Unholy" earned both artists their first No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100, making them the first openly non-binary solo artist and first openly transgender solo artist to hit the top of the chart.

Carol Jantsch, 21, soon will be the Philadelphia Orchestra's youngest member, and the first woman to be a principal tuba player in a top U.S. orchestra.

Just after the snow melts but long before the last frost, hardy New Englanders take to moist meadows and muddy riverbanks in search of the fiddlehead fern. It looks like the scrolled top of a violin and tastes a little like asparagus.

The price of gold hit a 28-year high, topping $800 an ounce, after the Federal Reserve decided to cut interest rates by a quarter point. It was the second cut by the Fed this year. The move to spark the economy comes as the price of a barrel of oil broaches $100.

Noah Kahan will perform "Bridge Over Troubled Water" as part of the In Memoriam segment.

The Eastern U.S. got a second dose of wintry weather as up to 6 inches of snow fell in the region stretching from southwest Virginia to the coast of New England.

A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds about 6 in 10 Americans are opposed to training teachers to carry guns in schools. But two-thirds of Republicans, including 71 percent of Republican men, are in favor of it.