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On Jan. 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi made history as the first female speaker of the House. She talks with Deborah Amos about her new book, Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters. Pelosi comes from a devoutly Democratic family, and she charts her journey from stay-at-home mom to politician.

"I just EGOT!" the 57-year-old actor said after winning best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me, at the Grammys premiere ceremony on Sunday.

Virginia Macali plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Bern Krafsig plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

An 80-year-old Rhode Island man has a bigger job than most on his hands. Geno Milano's nativity scene has over 400 pieces. The collection has been growing since he began putting it together in 1975.

A Rotorway 162F helicopter and an ELA Eclipse 10 gyrocopter collided at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, authorities said.

More jobs were lost last month than expected, but the Obama administration's economic stimulus package promises to create 600,000 jobs by the end of the summer. Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody's Economy.com, says that without the stimulus, the numbers would be worse.

Prosecutors in Fulton County, Ga., say they expect that a trial in their election interference case would last four months, not including jury selection.

The nearly six-foot-tall android waved a baton to keep time. Since the robot can't listen to the music it's conducting, the orchestra's main conductor gets to keep his job — at least for now.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday on a case that mixed presidential power, international relations and the death penalty. The justices said President Bush overstepped his authority when he tried to order Texas to reopen the case of a Mexican on death row for rape and murder.