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The past few days have seen protests around the country in opposition to proposed federal immigration legislation. Renee Montagne speaks with Felipe Aguirre, the vice mayor of one Southern California town that has declared itself a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.

Business and labor groups are weighing in on proposed immigration legislation. The Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO are both against certain provisions in the bill. But agri-business interests are backing the proposals.

Alex Chadwick speaks with famed architectural photographer Julius Shulman, who at 95 continues to influence the way people look and think about modern architecture.

A plan to replace a Biloxi, Miss., bridge heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina with a bigger version is sparking a debate over how the Gulf Coast should be rebuilt.

The annual report of Reporters Without Borders finds that more journalists have been killed in Iraq since March 2003 than during the 20 years of conflict in Vietnam. Reporters have become targets in Iraq in marked contrast with reporters' experiences during the war in Vietnam.

Alaska's Augustine volcano has erupted for the first time in two decades. Local volcanologists are pleased their computer models predicted the event accurately, but they anticipate that the big blast is yet to come. Alaska Public Radio's Annie Fiedt reports.

The Iran-Hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held captive at the American embassy in Tehran for more than a year, ended 25 years ago today. Two key figures look back with Renee Montagne: Warren Christopher, deputy U.S. secretary of state, and Mohsen Sazegara, managing director of Iran's State Radio.

Internet search engine Google is drawing praise from civil libertarians for its refusal to hand over records about the search requests of millions of its users to federal prosecutors. Government lawyers say they need the information to defend a law meant to protect children from online pornography.

A spokesman for Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) says Ney will step aside temporarily as chairman of the House Administration Committee. Ney is a key figure in a Justice Department investigation of corruption.

Surveillance video cameras on Thursday morning captured two young men beating a homeless man on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. with sticks and baseball bats -- one of three attacks on homeless men in a single night.