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At the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, a gaggle of fans wait for the final episode of the six-picture Star Wars saga. It won't open until midnight May 19, but fans have been there for weeks. The line has a Web site and strict rules for joining the lineup.

It's an opportunity for the nationalist-populist ruling party to reshape the courts. Noel King talks to Lukasz Pawlowski, managing editor of magazine Kultura Liberalna in Warsaw.

Improved weather helped rescuers on Indonesia's Sumatra island recover more bodies as they struggled to reach several areas that were hit by landslides and flash floods that left scores missing.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, February 2. Our top story explores how Peoria County public works leaders are preparing for the winter storm hitting the Tri-County today and tomorrow. You'll also hear about how the University of Illinois-Chicago Flames are joining the same athletic conference as the Bradley Braves and the Illinois State Redbirds. WCBU's Eric Stock interviews Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Jeff Jackson about the new 12-team line-up. On Deck is produced by WCBU student intern Holden Kellogg.

item veto bill today. It will allow a president to eliminate specific items in spending legislation, as well as very narrow tax loopholes and new entitlements. The new law, which presidents have called for for decades, goes into effect next January and will expire in eight years unless Congress extends it. Proponents say it will help cut the deficit. But NPR's Mara Liasson reports that many analysts are skeptical about the line-item veto's effectiveness.

Earlier this year, Pentagon workers were told they could face up to 22 furlough days because of budget cuts; the number is now 6 days. Some 650,000 civilian defense workers began taking furlough days on July 8.

The Super League's 12 Founding Clubs include some of the most famous professional sports teams in the world, including Liverpool, Manchester United, and Real Madrid.

NPR's Steven Inskeep talks to ex-CIA officer John Sipher about his skepticism that a bipartisan commission put together by lawmakers will produce a full accounting of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

On today's episode, Peoria mothers who lost their children to violence in the city talk to WCBU about what Mother's Day means to them.