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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about to set out to Washington D.C., where he'll meet President Obama Friday and, next week, address a joint session of Congress. His trip comes as Israel's under growing pressure, thanks partly to the Arab Spring. The Palestinians' campaign for statehood has new momentum — and now, with Fatah and Hamas united again, they're planning to seek recognition from the U.N. in September. Netanyahu will use the mission to try to counter this — particularly by denouncing the inclusion of Hamas in a future Palestinian government.

In a Virginia courthouse Friday, former CIA official John Kiriakou is expected to plead not guilty to violating the Espionage Act by sharing information with reporters. But some critics say his prosecution has more to do with his public comments about waterboarding than with damage to national security.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Michael Williamson of the Washington Post, who was named the Photographer of the Year by the White House News Photographers' Association. (5:51) View some of Williams' photos.

Clyde Edgerton's new novel, The Night Train, tells the story of two boys whose friendship is concealed due to a culture of racial segregation in the 1960s. Edgerton harkens back to his own childhood in North Carolina — the days when friendship between black and white children was culturally unacceptable — and asks what has changed in the past 50 years.

Last year a Salvation Army volunteer set the record by ringing for 36 hours. Across the nation, he and others will try to break that mark.

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Gil Scott-Heron's posthumously published memoir, The Last Holiday, is a triumphant and moving account of a life dedicated to art and activism.

Edward P. Sullivan had been transferred out of the unit after the case against Sen. Ted Stevens fell apart. He's "been vindicated," his lawyer says.

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Eschenbach, 70, has been called brilliant and erratic, but never bland. As the new conductor of Washington D.C.'s National Symphony Orchestra, he brings with him an eye for talent and a storied past.