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A $50,000 bribe has landed one of America's top tort lawyers in prison. Mississippi-native Dickie Scruggs was sentenced Friday to five years behind bars. Journalist Peter J. Boyer, who profiled Scruggs in the May 19th issue of The New Yorker magazine, discusses the case.

Child soldiers have fought by the thousands during the country's war. The Houthis signed what the U.N. described as an "action plan" to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict

Melissa Block and Michele Norris read from listeners' comments on Monday's program. Some wrote with criticism of our coverage of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's apparent involvement in a prostitution ring. We also hear reflections on "re-voting" in Michigan and Florida, and our field trip with a flying toy dragonfly.

Columbia's military says that Pedro Antonio Marin, who has lead the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel force since 1964, died of a heart attack March 26. But correspondent Juan Forero tells Ari Shapiro that the FARC commander, better known as Manuel "Sureshot" Marulanda, has been reported dead many times before.

Voters in 36 states faced 153 ballot measures. Gay marriage and abortion topped the list of hot-button issues, but measures affecting everything from energy to physician-assisted suicide were on state ballots.

Barack Obama ran for president promising to change the way Washington works. Now that he's won, he is indeed starting to change the rules. His transition team has imposed tighter ethics restrictions, and that might affect the appointment of officials for the new administration.

Police in Zimbabwe this week attacked members of the opposition group Movement for Democratic Change. In neighboring South Africa, response has been muted to brutality attributed to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic leaders are telling President Bush they feel it would be a serious mistake to increase U.S. troop levels in Iraq. The comments come as Mr. Bush prepares to unveil his new war strategy.

The Iraq Study Group has recommended pulling most combat troops out of Iraq by 2008. Madeleine Brand speaks with John Burns, the Baghdad bureau's chief for the New York Times, about how people in Iraq are responding to the report.

We'll find out tonight which team is college football's champion. The top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes meet the No. 2 Florida Gators in the BCS national championship game. Mike Thompson of member station WOSU sent audio of Buckeye fans.