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The final part of Joe Richman and Sue Johnson's series "Mandela: An Audio History" chronicles the years between Mandela's release from 27 years of imprisonment and South Africa's first multi-racial election. That election resulted in Mandela's becoming the nation's first black president.

Hollywood's new romantic comedy Laws of Attraction stars Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan as dueling divorce lawyers who fall in love. NPR's film reviewer Bob Mondello says the film isn't nearly as funny as its premise.

We hear from New York Times ethicist Randy Cohen about a woman who wonders if it's ethical to move from a cheap seat at a concert to a more expensive seat.

It's been almost a year since a condominium building collapsed in Surfside, Fla., killing 98 people. Legal wrangling continues about how to pay the victims and honor those who died in the accident.

Myanmar plans to announce the creation of the largest tiger reserve in the world -- an entire valley nearly the size of Vermont. NPR's Renee Montagne discusses the plan with the Wildlife Conservation Society's Alan Rabinowitz, who helped bring the change.

The leak of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade throws into sharp relief the cloistered existence of the U.S. Supreme Court — and tensions with journalists who seek to pierce that veil.

His new memoir is called When I was Cool: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School. As a teenager, Kashner left his comfortable suburban life on Long Island, N.Y. and became the first student to attend the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder, Colo. Kasher's teachers were the great beat writers William Burroughs, Allan Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Kerouac. Kashner is also the author of a novel, Sinatraland, as well as three non-fiction books. He is a regular contributor to Vanity Fair.

Across the U.S., abortion-rights supporters are amassing resources and planning next steps following the draft Supreme Court decision. More than 20 states have passed or are set to pass abortion bans.

Spanish voters oust Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's Popular Party in favor of the Socialist Party. Observers say the result can be attributed at least in part to anger over Thursday's train-bombing disaster, which many blame on the government's support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Spanish authorities continue their efforts to track down those responsible. Hear NPR's John Ydstie and reporter Jerome Socolovsky.

The Massachusetts state legislature gave preliminary approval to a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage and establish civil unions instead. NPR's Tovia Smith reports.