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Michael Epstein explains that a good line can get a hacker who's looking to steal confidential information past all the digital protection measures a company can muster. The newest line of security helps companies keep their secrets from even the smoothest talkers.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Andy Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, about the results of the first poll to measure President Bush's approval ratings. The poll suggests that Americans like the president, but remain uncertain about his policies.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the unresolved status of the compensation the German government agreed to pay to those who were forced to work in the Nazi war industry. Former laborers have yet to be paid, and the Germans say they won't be until several class-action lawsuits in the U.S. are dropped.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that scientists have found evidence that a mass extinction may have been caused by a comet hitting the earth-- millions of years BEFORE dinosaurs walked the earth.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with reporter Chris Morris about the drastic recent downturn in the Turkish economy. Turkey floated its currency, the lira, yesterday, which quickly lost a quarter of its value. The tumble was sparked by a public feud between Turkey's president and prime minister.

Host Bob Edwards talks about a 130-vehicle pile-up in Northern Virginia yesterday, caused by a snowstorm that blew through the area.

Singer Lorna Luft is the daughter of Judy Garland. The new made-for-TV movie Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows will be broadcast on Sunday, February 25th on ABC. The movie is based on Luft's 1998 memoir Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir (Pocket Books). Judy Garland died in 1969. Lorna Luft is also a half sister to Liza Minnelli. (REBROADCAST from 4

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with White House economic and national security advisor Daleep Singh about President Biden's goals for the G20 Rome summit as he faces economic and political challenges.

A scented room spray has caused a cluster of rare bacterial infections in the South and Midwest. 3,900 bottles of the room spray are being recalled, and users are being warned to bleach their sheets.

New York City taxi drivers are now in the second week of a hunger strike outside City Hall in Manhattan. They're demanding debt relief for thousands of drivers who are facing financial ruin.