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She wrote and directed the film Lost in Translation. It's up for four Academy awards, including Best Director and Best Picture. The film stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannsen as two Americans visiting Tokyo. Sofia Coppola is the daughter of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.

During Saddam Hussein's regime, tens of thousands of Kurds and Turkmen were forced out of the oil rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk, as Iraqi Arabs were moved in to change the region's demographics. Now, returning Kurds want to put Kirkuk under Kurdish control. Their demands are raising anger and fear among the city's other ethnic groups. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

The Bush-Cheney re-election campaign is waiting to see how the race for the Democratic presidential nomination shakes out before unleashing the full force of its political advertising. Bush campaign chairman Marc Racicot calls Democratic frontrunner Sen. John Kerry "out of the mainstream" and dismisses polls suggesting Kerry would win if the election were held today. Hear Racicot's interview with NPR's Juan Williams.

A car bomb explodes outside a police station in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more. The attack -- apparently the work of a suicide bomber -- is the latest incident in a four-month campaign against Iraqi security forces. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

U.S. officials confirm that recent attacks on an Iraqi police station and a civil defense compound in Fallujah were carried out by Iraqi gunmen -- not foreign operatives, as authorities initially believed. The mayor of Fallujah has been detained by U.S. forces, under the suspicion that he might have collaborated in the attacks. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling pleads not guilty as he is indicted on fraud and insider trading charges. Federal prosecutors say Skilling lied about Enron's finances and intentionally deceived investors. Skilling was released after posting bail set at $5 million. Hear NPR's Wade Goodwyn.

A leaked draft opinion published by Politico suggests that earlier this year a majority of Supreme Court justices supported overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide.

The Justice Department subpoenas medical records for hundreds of women who had abortions at Planned Parenthood offices in six cities. The government's move is part of its effort to defend the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR's Libby Lewis.

Washington D.C. video store clerks Adam Robinson and Scott Mueller have had enough of utterly depressing movies winning big at the Oscars. NPR's Neda Ulaby asked the pair to give their take on this year's Oscar race.

Tuesday's top race is in Ohio, where voters are set to pick nominees for an open U.S. Senate seat. Redistricting has also affected some of the state's closely watched House races.