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A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including: the late Wilson Pickett; New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; New Orleans resident Alex Gerhold; Former Vice President Al Gore; Vice President Dick Cheney; Lara Ramsburg, spokeswoman for West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin; West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin.

Friday's topics: Former Sen. John Edwards' bid for the presidency; seven police officers are indicted for murder or attempted murder in New Orleans; and New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin says evacuees aren't returning to the city. Guests: Joe Davidson, an editor for The Washington Post; Mary Frances Berry, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania; and Nat Irvin, professor of future studies at Wake Forest University.

Activist. Leader. Self-promoter. Shakedown artist. Sharpton has heard all of these claims about him and more over his decades in the public eye. And now, an older and remarkably thinner Sharpton has reinvented himself again, this time as a cable television talk show host.

It's been a scandalous week in the world of sports. Between Lance Armstrong's big Oprah interview and the discovery of Manti Te'o's unreal girlfriend, there are a lot of questions for people who report on sports .Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mike Pesca about the events.

Monday's inaugural ceremonies were smaller and a little more subdued than President Obama's historic celebration four years ago. The coincidence of the King holiday, in the year that marks the 150th anniversary of emancipation, made civil rights a theme throughout the day's events.

President Obama invoked both Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King as he took the oath to begin his second term. Obama told the crowd a decade of war is ending and the economy is taking off again.

When a labor dispute shut down Hostess, the maker of Twinkies, many people rushed out to buy a box. Nancy Peppin bought 12 boxes. Not to eat, but as art supplies. She's confident another company will bring back Twinkies.

The housing market continues to show signs that it's on the mend. Both sales and prices are up from a year ago.

You can NOT be serious! You'd put Grandaddy's "Jed The Humanoid" over "She's Leaving Home" by The Beatles?! And I see no mention of Bob Dylan on this list! How daaaaare you. This week's debate looks at our favorite stories told in song.

Forty years ago this week, the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade established the right to an abortion. But today, laws vary widely from state to state. Host Michel Martin sits down with the ladies of the Beauty Shop to talk about the history of the case, and where abortion rights law might end up in the next forty years.