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A military jury finds Army Spec. Charles Graner guilty of abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Graner was identifed as the ringleader of a prison scandal revealed by photos and video. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Jackie Northam.

The French hit movie of 2004, The Chorus, tells the story of a school for troubled boys and the teacher who wrestles them into an angelic sounding choir. It opens in the United States this weekend. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan gives us her picks for the best holiday books of 2004. Her choices range from literary thrillers to a new biography of Ben Franklin.

Apple computer is enjoying a boom in sales, led by the popularity of its iPod digital music players. Apple plans to expand its chain of retail stores and use those spaces to spotlight new products. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

The European space probe Huygens is due to parachute to the surface of Saturn's moon Friday. The images, sounds and air samples it collects from Titan's cloudy atmosphere may tell us more about the solar system.

Anticipating the Jan. 1 end to restrictions on textile exports to Europe and North America, Cambodia has been trying to put a labor-friendly face on its crucial garment industry, which stands to lose ground against stiff competition when the quota system is lifted. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

Her mother once told her she'd be disowned if she ever bought a motorcycle. But that didn't stop NPR's Petra Mayer from checking out the International Motorcycle Show in Washington, D.C., and sending an audio postcard.

Linguist Christopher J. Moore has made a career of searching out some of the world's most "untranslatable" expressions — words from around the globe that defy an easy translation into English. Moore shares a few of his linguistic favorites from his new book In Other Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the Most Intriguing Words Around the World.

Army Spc. Charles Graner is sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the abuse of inmates at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Graner, one of several U.S. soldiers charged in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, has been portrayed as the catalyst of the abuses.NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Two top executives and the outside auditor exit the federally backed mortgage giant Fannie Mae after the Securities and Exchange Commission finds fault with the company's accounting. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Mike McNamee of Business Week.