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A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could put protections at risk.

Republican Sen. John Warner says he will retire after more than 30 years in the U.S. Senate, concluding his fifth term in 2009. In a brief news conference, he thanked his state for granting him a have "a magnificent and very rewarding career."

Home foreclosure filings more than doubled in the second quarter of 2008 from a year ago, according to real estate data released Friday by RealtyTrac Inc. Nationwide, 739,714 households — one in every 171 — received at least one foreclosure-related notice from April to June.

Michael Stevens II, 38, was released from jail Friday and is now accused of stealing and driving a military vehicle through Maryland before being arrested in Maryland.

Shrinidhi Rai plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

The petit basset griffon Vendéen is a rabbit-hunting hound dog from France. It has never won best in show at the prestigious competition before.

The Bidens are trying to "work through solutions," a spokesperson said, after Commander bit a series of Secret Service agents. In the meantime, the German shepherd is staying somewhere else.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMU and KETR listener Robert Flood of Allen, Texas, and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Consumer prices rose 3.1% in November from a year ago, marking a more moderate pace of inflation thanks in large part to falling gasoline prices.

Why do the toads cross the road? To ... well ... make more toads. And for three years now, folks have been blocking traffic so that the little hoppers can make that journey.