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The handwritten letter, dated June 2001, was written by a six-year-old girl named Anna, on a family vacation in the Bahamas. The message, written in crayon, read: "Please don't pollute. Thank you."

Pamela Bender of Boston plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Once the White House counsel to President Nixon, John Dean played a key role in exposing the Watergate scandal. His new book -- Worse Than Watergate -- examines the Bush administration's policies on Oval Office secrets. NPR's Liane Hansen interviews Dean.

The U.S. military reports it has had no trouble reaching its recruiting goals, even with the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. NPR's Melissa Block spends a few days with an Army recruiter in Texas for a look at what's inspiring young Americans to sign up.

Writer Suzan-Lori Parks has won acclaim for depictions of African-American life. The author of Topdog/Underdog discusses two of her favorite dramatic scenes, from The Sound of Music and Taxi Driver.

In this week's installment, we look through this week's docket downtown and highlight upcoming talks on the mayor's $500 million budget, a proposed Real-Time Intelligence Center, and a look back at the early March windstorms.Check out civiclex.org for more information.

Spring break is officially over for Lexington’s Urban County Council and it’s shaping up to be an eventful week at city hall with Mayor Linda Gorton’s budget speech later today and consideration of the 2045 Comprehensive Plan, which includes the hot-button issue of expanding the Urban Service Boundary. Kit Anderson with CivicLex joins us for a preview.

Tonight Independence Day festivities continue in Lexington with a revamped Patriotic Concert on the campus of Transylvania University. There were blue…

With a new year comes new additions to the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council, and Tuesday was their first official work day. While each of them has…

The 1.1 percent increase is a sign that despite higher payroll taxes and increases in the price of such things as gasoline, consumers are still willing to spend. And that's good news for the economy.