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NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour asked listeners to vote on their favorite American Idol contestants of all time.

With his jump, Felix Baumgartner broke two records: One to do with altitude, the other with YouTube.

On Saturday, Marjorie Bryan, 83, parachuted from a plane over Lima, Ohio, as did 82-year-old Marianna Sherman. They raised money for the Blue Star Mothers, whose kids served in the military.

SABC, South Africa's public broadcaster, live streamed its coverage of Nelson Mandela's memorial service in Johannesburg.

The codes seem to cover everything, including "contact with a squirrel."

Linda speaks with Dr. Brian Ettinger, an endocronoligist with the Research Division of Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, California. Dr. Ettinger authored a study about the benefits of taking estrogen hormone pills. According to this new study, there is strong evidence that taking estrogen hormone pills offers protection against heart attacks and strokes in postmenopausal women. The study found that there was a 46 percent reduction in the rate of death from all causes in these women. Dr. Ettinger's study appears today in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Historically, military recruiters have been most successful attracting students right out of high school. But recruiting of teens can create conflict with parents worried about the risks of a military career in wartime.

Boyden Gray is the chairman and founder of the group Committee for Justice, formed to promote conservative judicial nominees. Gray was instrumental in getting Clarence Thomas appointed to the Supreme Court. Wednesday, we heard from Ralph Neas of the liberal group People for the American Way.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that President Clinton offered mixed reviews of Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axeworthy's visit to Cuba this week. Clinton was skeptical that the visit would promote change, but said he was pleased that Axeworthy raised the issue of human rights in Cuba. Ostensibly, the visit was a Canadian show of defiance and independence, in view of the United States' controversial Helms-Burton law, which was designed to isolate Cuba and penalize individual companies doing business with the Castro regime.

President Bush is an enigmatic leader who uses an insurgent approach in reshaping policy and politics. That idea is central to Rebel in Chief, the new book by political writer Fred Barnes. Barnes is the executive editor of conservative magazine The Weekly Standard.