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The federal class-action trial of a New York City Police Department's Stop-and-Frisk policy wound down today. After nearly 10 weeks of testimony, both sides presented closing arguments.

NPR's Margot Adler was in the courtroom today and she joins us now. And, Margot, tell us how each side presented its case.

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Later this week, President Obama is scheduled to give a major address on terrorism and national security. One of the subjects expected to figure prominently in that speech is Guantanamo Bay prison. Obama - the president promised to close it when he first took office in 2009, but he has made little progress. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports.

DINA TEMPLE-RASTON, BYLINE: President Obama listed all the reasons he thought the prison at Guantanamo needed to be closed during a press conference last month.

Melissa Block talks to teacher Shelly Hoisington. Hoisington teaches fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade at McCormick Elementary School — a one-room school in Troy, Mont. Hoisington recently convinced Gov. Steve Bullock to speak at the graduation ceremony for the five students in eighth grade.

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For the first time in nearly five decades, the president of Myanmar paid a visit to the White House. Thein Sein has overseen some dramatic changes in his country, long a pariah on the world stage. And the Obama administration has been trying to encourage those reforms by easing sanctions. President Obama himself went to Myanmar, also known as Burma, last year. But as NPR's Michele Kelemen reports, there is still a lot of work to do.

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Boeing's 787 jetliners are returning to the skies. Four months ago, the entire fleet was grounded following serious battery problems on two jets, but the batteries have now been redesigned. Planes have been retrofitted, and airlines are beginning to put them back into service. Today, United Airlines, the only U.S. carrier flying the 787, put two of them back into service. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.