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Host Scott Simon talks with Deborah Bishop, co-author of Hello Midnight: An Insomniac's Literary Bedside Companion about why and how she wrote a book on Insomnia.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the anniversary of the NASDAQ's all-time high. A year ago, the index hit 5,048. Yesterday, it finished at 2,052 -- leading tech investors to wonder what happened.

All this week, the Navy has been conducting a Court of Inquiry into the Feb. 9 collision between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fishing trawler. The surfacing USS Greeneville crippled the fishing vessel and sent nine of its passengers down with it. The first week of testimony has left many questions unanswered, but it may finally have begun the process of healing for the victims' families and for relations between the two countries. From Honolulu, NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that even as new methods for detecting breast cancer become available, the old fashioned mammogram may still be the most reliable.

North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports on two online dictionaries which are helping police, parents, and social workers understand the jargon used for drugs.

Scott discusses The System, a high-scoring, high-tempo coaching strategy employed by Grinnell College Men's Basketball Coach David Arseneault.

Linda Wertheimer talks with David Richardson, a farmer from County Carlow, Ireland, about the measures being taken to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease. There has been only one case of foot and mouth disease in Ireland.

Scott with some thoughts about that story out of China, where it was disclosed that children were killed while making fireworks at school.

Hockey is a rough sport, but it's proving to be an effective form of therapy for some recent amputees who grew up playing the game. Hockey therapy started in Russia, with soldiers who lost limbs in wars in Afghanistan and Chechnya. Now it's taking hold in Canada and the U.S. Teams of amputee players will compete in a tournament this weekend in support of a ban on landmines. Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio reports.

Phillip Davis reports that 14 year old Lionel Tate was sentenced today to life in prison without parole. Lionel was convicted in January of first degree murder in the 1999 death of a playmate, who died as Lionel imitated the violent wrestling shows he liked to watch. Broward County judge Joel Lazarus imposed the mandatory sentence after refusing to reduce the verdict to a lesser charge. He described the murder of 6 year old Tiffany Eunick as "callous and indescribably cruel." Defense attorneys said they would ask Gov. Jeb Bush to commute the sentence.