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Everyone knows about the multimillion-dollar salaries and celebrity status of NBA players. But in the shadows of the NBA, men toil in the relative obscurity of the D-League to keep their dream alive.

The officials testifying Tuesday resigned in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said, "None of the intelligence we received predicted what actually occurred."

of frenetic campaigning by the top four candidates before Saturday's all-important primary.

Laura Womack of member station W-A-M-U in Washington reports the Pentagon is in the midst of a two billion dollar renovation project to update outmoded electrical, water, and sewage systems. The main problem for the workers is working in areas with a lot of top secret material and not compromising national security.

From member station KJZZ, Mark Moran reports that the Major League baseball season resumes tomorrow following the All-Star break and batters are on pace to hit more home runs than in any season ever. But in a handful of cities, a few pitchers have found a way to keep the ball in the park and their teams at the top.

in Korea's political crisis. Now, top business leaders are being implicated.

Linda talks with NPR's Brian Naylor about the budget talks that resume today at the White House. Brian looks at some of the issues the two sides are negotiating. At the top of the list are Medicare, Medicaid and tax cuts.

Commentator Leslie Lang describes the charming tradition in Hawaii of draping graduating seniors in stacks of colorful leis, one on top of another, and how she had three near misses in terms experiencing this tradition at her graduations... until finally getting it right, this year, at the University of Hawaii.

Robert talks with Charles Lewis, the executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, about his book, "The Buying of the President." Lewis' book traces campaign contributions for current presidential candidates as far back as 1979 and identifies the top 10 "career donors."

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Sarajevo that the top NATO commanders are now convinced that the former warring military leaders are committed to peace. British General Sir Michael Walker tells Shuster that although the military leaders are on board, there are still questions about the committment from the civilian politicians.