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Unmanned aircraft may be the future of crime fighting in Los Angeles, if the Los Angeles Country Sheriff's Department has its way. Law enforcement officials believe the drones could be a safer way to track criminals on the run. Technology contributor Xeni Jardin travels to an undisclosed location to witness a test run of a drone.

Ten years ago a lawsuit by a group of Native Americans prompted a judge to order the Interior Department to investigate nearly a century of financial dealings involving Indian Trust Funds. As Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports, the setting for the investigation is a well-guarded cavern beneath the Kansas prairie.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has threatened to quit his post if the White House returns evidence seized in an FBI raid of Rep. William Jefferson's congressional office as part of a corruption investigation. Several lawmakers say the search breached the separation of powers called for in the Constitution. Justice Department officials say the search was valid. Alex Chadwick and Ron Elving discuss the dispute.

The Conservative Political Action Conference is in Hungary this week, with a keynote from Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He has clamped down on democratic institutions and targeted minority groups.

In the Galapagos Islands, conservationists say marine life is being depleted while fishermen say their livelihoods are at stake. But a boost in tourism may provide a compromise.

Utah has led state opposition to the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Now U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is applying pressure, saying Utah should worry more about educating minority students than concerns about the law. Jennifer Brundin of NPR station KUER reports.

Elaine LeBalme leads a walking tour of coffee houses in San Francisco, where listeners are treated to a bit of history, a bit of exercise and a lot of coffee. Follow along as Day to Day continues its series on summer tours.

For more than a century, collectors and developers in Florida have stripped the state of its native orchids. Now, a team of scientists is working to reintroduce the plants to the swamps where they once flourished.

Want to have a private chat in public? Our Day to Day technology correspondent reports on a new technology that can protect conversations in a small, otherwise open space from eavesdroppers -- get the buzz on Babble.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is often where the "next big thing" in computer games becomes clear. This year it's Sony and Microsoft battling for control of your living room with their new game consoles, the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Both will allow users to watch movies, show pictures and connect to the internet.