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Here's an old joke: I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. That might not be so far from the truth in the Stanley Cup series between Vancouver and Boston. There's not much love lost between the combatants in the NBA Finals, either. Host Scott Simon talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about the championship series in the NHL and the NBA.

While the NATO chief claims Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi could be expelled any day now, others say the situation in Libya has reached a stalemate. Host Scott Simon talks with Dirk Vandewalle, professor of government at Dartmouth, about what's led to the stalemate and the prospects for breaking it.

The Nation's capital is no stranger to scandal. Three decades ago, Mayor Marion Barry was busted smoking crack in a motel. Since then, leaders in Washington, D.C., have worked hard to restore the city's image. But a series of scandals involving the new mayor and nearly half the city council have some questioning if the District is returning to the old days.

Firefighters in Eastern Arizona have started to make progress in battling the wildfires that have ripped unchecked through thousands of acres of forest over the past two weeks. Nearly 10,000 residents have fled the fires, which have destroyed at least 29 homes and 35 other buildings in the area. Host Scott Simon gets the latest from Peter O'Dowd of member station KJZZ in Phoenix.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Zambia to promote trade with Africa. The U.S. is in competition, however, with China, which has been buying up African commodities. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.