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The 3-digit suicide prevention lifeline went live a year ago. More work is needed on the 988 system, but the first year has gone more smoothly than many expected.

The Army says 19-year-old Pfc. LaVena Johnson committed suicide while serving in Iraq, but her family isn't buying it. John Johnson explains why he believes his daughter was brutally raped and murdered — and why the Army wants it covered up. Johnson is joined by retired Col. Ann Wright, who raises awareness of sexual assault in the military.

Russia say tens of thousands of people have been displaced from South Ossetia, where the conflict erupted a week ago. Fighting has largely stopped in the area, but reports of looting and banditry continue.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to visit the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, this week in an effort to resolve the Russia-Georgia conflict. On Thursday, Rice meets with France's president, who has taken the diplomatic lead in dealing with the conflict.

Some U.S. hospitals are flying uninsured immigrants back to their home countries for treatment of medical conditions that could require long term care. Critics denounce the practice, but some health care providers say they have few options. NPR's Joanne Silberner and Dr. Jay Wolfson, a public health specialist, discuss the ethics involved.

An unusual advertising campaign in Spanish-language newspapers and radio stations calls for undocumented immigrants to turn themselves in. The ads are part of a new self-deportation program sponsored by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). James T. Hayes, who heads the program, explains the ad campaign and whether it's working.

New companies are working to commercialize in vitro gametogenesis, or IVG, a technology that could make human eggs and sperm in the lab from any cell in the body.

The Treasury Department on Sunday proposed a three-part rescue plan to bolster housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The plan aims to calm jittery investors while enabling the two government-chartered companies to remain public.

A Justice Department report finds that aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales illegally discriminated against job applicants who weren't Republican or conservative loyalists. The report concludes that politics illegally influenced the hiring of career prosecutors and immigration judges.

When Dr. Bruce Ivins was hired 30 years ago to study anthrax vaccines at the Army's Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Maryland, he didn't need security clearance.