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President Obama formally kicks off his campaign Saturday with a pair of rallies: one in Richmond, Va., and one in Columbus, Ohio. NPR's Scott Horsley joins host Scott Simon to talk about the day.

This week the British Parliamentary Committee that convened to investigate accusations of phone hacking and executive misconduct at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. delivered its findings. The headlines it created make uncomfortable reading for a media tycoon who has been under the microscope for 18 months now. Scott Simon talks with NPR's David Folkenflik about Parliament's scathing report.

The French presidential runoff is Sunday. Rivals President Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist candidate Francois Hollande represent two very different visions for their country. How the French choose will also have a big impact on Europe.

NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.

Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III are the top two picks in this year's NFL draft. Former Denver Broncos tight end Nate Jackson knows a thing or two about life in the limelight. He wrote an open letter to Luck and Griffin, and warned them that their "every breath will be a public affair."

The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other accused terrorists entered a military courtroom in Guantanamo Saturday with a plan: to disrupt their arraignment at every turn.

Weekends on All Things Considered's series, Movies I've Seen A Million Times features filmmakers, actors, writers and directors talking about the movies that they never get tired of watching. In this first installment we hear from The Big Chill writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, who's latest film, Darling Companion, is in theaters now.

The greatest predators that ever roamed Earth suffered just as we mammals did: Large, flealike bloodsucking insects liked to dine on the dinos and even may have carried diseases.