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The White House released the President's Daily Brief from August 6, 2001 Saturday night. The document, titled "Bin Laden Determined To Strike in U.S.," contains information about possible airline hijackings and al Qaeda sleeper cells in the United States. The Sept. 11 commission members have been pressing the Bush administration for its release. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler.

It's been seven years since detective Jane Tennison last applied her world-weary determination to solving a case on Masterpiece Theatre's Prime Suspect. But on April 18, acclaimed British actress Helen Mirren revives Tennison's character, returning to PBS in Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness. Mirren speaks with NPR's Lynn Neary.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group were found guilty of plotting the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol.

On Thursday, Microsoft announced a whooping $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, a merger that would give Google a run for the money. A deal that combines the second and third largest online search companies is likely to attract antitrust review. Greg Sidak, U.S. editor of the Journal of Competition Law and Economics offers some insight.

Microsoft has made a $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, an aggressive move by the software giant to gain market share on the Internet and compete with Google. Microsoft and Yahoo have talked about merging for years. This time, a hostile but very rich offer could seal the deal.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an outside, independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

Korva Coleman speaks with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dean of the nnenberg School for Communication, about a new study on children's television iewing habits. 6:54 . ANSWERING MACHINES: Korva Coleman speaks with Peter Crabb, professor of sychology at Pennsylvania State University in Philadelphia. He's just published study in the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality on the way answering achines have changed the way we interact. The answering machine was patented 25 ears ago this year.

29) Cross Promo (:29) Station Break (:59) Forward Promo (:29) Headlines (:59) 6. Hong Kong Rights -- Jacki speaks with Edward Gargen, the New York Times correspondent in Hong Kong. Gargen says a recent statement by Hong Kong's Chinese-appointed new chief executive that he will roll back civil liberties after China regains sovereignty in July is meant to underscore Peking's determination to show that it will make the rules in Hong Kong, not the British.

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviewed The Beatles Anthology which is out on video. (This is an expanded 10-hour version of the 6-hour version which aired on television last fall).

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on President-elect George W. Bush, who today resigned from the only political office he has ever held -- governor of Texas. The emotional speech by Bush ended 6 years at the helm in Austin and comes less than a month before he is to move to his new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Meanwhile, jockeying continues to go on behind the scenes for filling the remaining Cabinet slots.