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He's a longtime correspondent on health and science policy for The New York Times. In his new book, Protecting America's Health: the FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation, he chronicles the history of the Food and Drug Administration from its start during the administration of Teddy Roosevelt. Hilts also broke the now-famous story of the Brown and Williamson tobacco industry papers, and is the author of Smoke Screen: The Truth Behind the Tobacco Industry Cover-Up.

Rapper and actor Mos Def is co-starring in the new film 16 Blocks. Recently he played a cop in the indie film The Woodsman, also starring Kevin Bacon. Mos Def's most recent rap album is The New Danger. Def has appeared in the films Bamboozled, Monster's Ball, and Brown Sugar.

Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. But how diverse are the rest of America’s courtrooms – and why does it matter?

Newly confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will deliver remarks from the South Lawn of the White House today. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will also speak.

Noah talks to pianist George Winston, whose latest album is "Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi." Winston says that he has been a fan of Guaraldi's music since he first heard the music from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" on television. Even though Guaraldi recorded one hit single, "Cast Your Fate to the Wind," the music he wrote and recorded for the Peanuts t.v. specials are better known than he is.

NPR's Virginia Biggar reports that now that a civil jury has found OJ Simpson liable for compensatory damages in the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, the trial turns its attention to possible punitive damages. The jury has already awarded 8.5 million dollars in compensation to the family of Ron Goldman, and the plaintiffs' lawyers will begin arguing tomorrow for punitive damage. Part of their task will be to demonstrate just how much Simpson is worth, and that his future earnings should be counted in the assessment.

The civil trial of O.J. Simpson got underway today. Virginia Biggar reports that the turnout of spectators outside the courthouse was small compared to the criminal trial last year. Inside the courtroom, lawyers for the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman began their opening statement with a promise to show that Simpson committed the double murders. Simpson cannot be convicted of murder; in this civil trial, if he is found guilty, he must pay damages to the families of the victims.

2: "Peanuts" creator CHARLES SCHULZ. CBS will broadcast the classic Peanut's cartoon "A Charlie Brown Christmas" December 19, 1996. The show has been an annual tradition at CBS since 1965. Also, An exhibit featuring the "cels" or cartoon drawings of Peanuts is showing in New York this month at the Museum of Television and Radio. The exhibit moves to the Museum's Los Angeles facility next month. This interview originally aired 12/18/90.

Hurricane Jeanne, leaving a devastated Haiti in its wake, could hit Florida's Atlantic coast by Sunday. And Hurricane Ivan, which tore through Alabama and the Florida Panhandle last week, has doubled back and is gathering strength again in the Gulf of Mexico. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Dan Brown of the National Hurricane Center.

Matt Bennett is the founder of Christian Union, an organization of evangelicals at Ivy League schools whose goal is to reach those who will go on to become part of America's academic elite. The group operates ministry centers at Brown, Cornell and Princeton universities. Bennett, a graduate of Cornell, founded the organization in 2002. Rachel Blair is a student at Princeton and is a member of Christian Union.