All Things Considered

All roadblocks in and around the Crystal fire northwest of Ft. Collins were lifted as of noon today.

Intermittent rain on Wednesday allowed crews to make significant progress battling the wildfire west of Fort Collins.

Tuesday's state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin will shape a court that could rule on Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining plan. With only one justice being able to swing the court, all eyes are on these results.

The International Criminal Court prosecutor announced last month that he's already building a case against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi. Michele Norris talks with former Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues David Scheffer about Gadhafi's options — and how the ICC is working to prosecute him.

The debate over the federal budget is complicated and chaotic. But it also follows certain predictable rules, like a game of chess. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on what game theory can tell us about the messy business of politics.