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Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Kelly McEvers for the latest developments in Syria, where more anti-government protests are expected after Friday prayers.

Vice President Joe Biden will begin negotiations next week with House and Senate leaders on a deficit reduction plan that the White House hopes will persuade Congress to raise the ceiling on the federal debt.

If the debt limit isn't raised by early July, the U.S. will default for the first time in history on its financial obligations — an event that could be catastrophic.

Pressure From The Right

CBS News correspondent Lara Logan is speaking for the first time about the attack and sexual assault she suffered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Feb. 11.

It's here. Our first "wedding of the century." Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton become future-king and future-queen today at Westminster Abbey.

In 1958, James Hanover Thompson and his friend David Simpson — both African-American, both children — were accused of kissing a girl who was white. They were arrested, and taken to jail. Prosecutors sought a stiff penalty — living in reform school until they were 21.

"The Kissing Case," as it came to be known, drew international media attention at the time. But since then, it's been largely forgotten. Even the Thompson family rarely talked about it. Recently, James Hanover Thompson sat down with his younger brother, Dwight, and told him what happened.