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It starts with an ordinary legal pad made by a company that's been around for more than a century. This is the first of two stories we're doing today on Bain Capital, the private equity firm Romney helped found.

Concern about how our Web surfing can be tracked has led the White House to release a "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights" that it hopes will be a framework for keeping online information confidential.

Members of the Saddlebrooke Republican Club outside Tucson gathered at NPR's request to watch the candidates, as they did for an earlier debate. Half the group had already voted by mail for next week's GOP primary, and they're split on who's the best candidate. But they all said they'll back whomever the party nominates.

In Libya, reminders of the old regime are everywhere.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up a plane with a bomb he hid in his underwear.

An abrupt suspension in The Colbert Report'sproduction schedule led to many rumors online Thursday, after Comedy Central said it would air reruns for three days this week. The delay is due to a family emergency, The Wall Street Journalreports

MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell asked billionaire Santorum backer Foster Friess whether he thought the GOP presidential candidate's very conservative social views would be disadvantageous to Santorum in the general election. Friess not only didn't think so; he indicated he didn't see what all the fuss was about. And then he dispensed some advice about contraceptives.

All the Republican presidential candidates still in the race have been hit with glitter by protesters. The first glitter bomber says it's a "harmless but sensational way to bring attention to serious issues," but others have called it assault.

The good news for doctors: a nearly 28 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements likely won't take effect March 1. The bad news: the deal isn't permanent and a cut could be about 32 percent next year. That's leaving doctors who treat medicare patients in a continued state of uncertainty.

Today - on "The Sound of Books" - with Fred Kasten - the late author and historian Manning Marable's widely praised new biography, "Malcolm X: A Life of…