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With two credits to go before college graduation, John Crawford was called to active duty and sent to the front lines in Iraq. Crawford had joined the Florida National Guard in order to pay his tuition and didn't expect to go to war. His new memoir is The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell.

Attorney General John Ashcroft took office amid controversy over his hard-line social conservatism. But events have conspired to give him unusual public exposure -- and popularity. NPR's Mara Liasson reports for All Things Considered. Also, in a Web-exclusive analysis, NPR Washington Editor Ron Elving puts Ashcroft's remarkable tenure into a historical context.

Actor John Ritter, whose portrayal of the bumbling bachelor Jack Tripper helped make the TV sitcom Three's Company a hit in the 1970s, dies at age 54 of a previously undetected heart problem. Ritter became ill Thursday while working on the set of his current show, 8 Simple Rules ... For Dating My Teenage Daughter. NPR's Melissa Block has a remembrance.

2: Broadway singer JOHN RAITT. He's the father of singer Bonnie Raitt. The two have collaborated on a new album of show tunes, "The Broadway Legend," (Angel). RAITT made his Broadway debut as Billy Bigelow in the original production of "Carousel." He also was in the original Broadway cast and film of "The Pajama Game." He's performed in many other musicals including "Oklahoma," and "South Pacific." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES AFTER THE 1:00 FLOATER) (REBROADCAST from 11

The president of the Randallstown Chapter of the NAACP explains why he's asked Governor Hogan to provide additional resources to combat crime in Baltimore City and around the state.

Governor Hogan wants public schools to move into hybrid instruction by next month, bringing more students and staff back to classrooms.Jim Sellinger,…

Baltimore County voters will decide on the county council size, whether to establish the Office of the Inspector General in the county charter, and more.

Midday checks in with the Bureau Director of the Baltimore County Department of Animal Services.

Turturro is a star in his own right, but he and his wife, actress Katherine Borowitz play a game about fellow thespian Christopher Walken. We've got a fever, and the only prescription is more trivia!

2: Professor JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN. A native of Ireland, ordained as a priest in the U.S. (he left the Priesthood in 1969), CROSSAN now teaches biblical studies at DePaul University. CROSSAN is a founding member of the Jesus Seminar, a group of scholars who meet to determine the authenticity of Jesus' sayings in the Gospels. Earlier this year, CROSSAN wrote "Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography" (HarperCollins) which seeks to place Jesus in the context of his Jewish, Mediterranean and peasant roots; to see him as a Socratic philosopher and radical egalitarian. (REBROADCAST from 3

Broadcast journalist JOHN MERROW. He's the anchor and Executive Editor of "The Merrow Report" a quarterly series of documentaries on PBS that examines education and surrounding issues. Their latest documentary is "Attention Deficit Disorder: A Dubious Diagnosis?" In the documentary MERROW disputes the widely held belief that Ritalin, the drug given to children with Attention Deficit Disorder, is not "dangerous and addictive." MERROW also found that the drug has been overprescribed, and that some kids have begun to abuse it. (It airs Friday, October 20, at 10 PM) MERROW is the former host of the NPR program, "Options in Education" which ran from 1974

John Sayles' 1977 novel, Union Dues, is reissued this month. It tells the story of a father and son from a West Virginia mining town in 1969. Sayles talks about his work in both celluloid and print.

Some might say actor John Lithgow was born into the craft: His father, Arthur, was a college professor and Shakespearean actor. As Father's Day approaches, the Emmy and Tony-winning actor -- and writer and composer -- reflects on his father's influence on his own career. For Intersections, NPR's Noah Adams reports.

John McPhee has written at length about fish, geology, oranges, nuclear power, basketball... and the list goes on. At 75, the great reporter feels he has plenty of words, characters and subjects left to explore.

Former vice presidential candidate John Edwards has edited a book, Home, in which both public figures and lesser-known professionals reflect on the places where they grew up. The former senator currently lives in Chapel Hill, N.C., and campaigned for Democrats in advance of last week's midterm elections. He talks about the Kerry-Edwards campaign and his thoughts on his own possible presidential bid in 2008.

2: Film director JOHN SCHLESINGER. He started his career directing publicity films on the making of "The Guns of Navarone"; his first feature film was "Terminus," a documentary on 24 hours in the life of the enormous Waterloo train station. His films include "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "The Day of the Locust," "Marathon Man," and "Madame Sousatzka." His first American film was "Midnight Cowboy" which was first given an X rating when it opened in 1969, later that was scaled to an R after it won the Oscar for best picture; SCHLESINGER was awarded the Best Director Award for the film. "Midnight Cowboy" has been rereleased in New York to mark its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary. (Rebroadcast from 10-5-88).

As all are certainly aware, we recently lost Congressman John Lewis. This giant of a man was an icon of the civil rights movement and an extraordinary…

Comments by a German Bishop on a talk show over the weekend have fueled debate about whether Pope John Paul II might retire his post before he dies. Robert talks with Father Thomas J. Reese, Editor in Chief of the Roman Catholic magazine America, and author of Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church. They discuss church canon, which does allow a Pope to retire if he feels he cannot fulfill his duties. Few have taken such a step. Reese explains what happens if a Pope becomes incapacitated before retiring. Reese's book, Inside the Vatican, is published by Harvard University Press, 1998.

A New York-to-Music City transplant presents a biting critique of the Americana music business.

A juvenile court judge in Fairfax County, Va., rules suspected Washington-area sniper John Lee Malvo can be tried as an adult for the murder of an FBI analyst in a Home Depot parking lot. He and another suspect are implicated in 12 other fatal shootings. Wednesday's ruling makes Malvo, 17, eligible for the death penalty. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.