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Y-12 Protester Trial Begins (NPR)-  Jury selection begins May 6 in the trial of three nuclear protesters who broke into the Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee last summer.  The Department of Energy facility houses the nation's stockpile of highly-enriched uranium.   The break-in was significant in a lot of ways--not the least was the fact that one of the three trespassers was an 82-year-old nun.  Matt Shafer Powell of member station WUOT reports.

FBI Releases Pilot/Flying J Affidavit- An affidavit alleges top-level officials within the Pilot/Flying J Corporation knew about a long-running scheme to defraud money from some commercial customers.  According to the affidavit, Pilot has for years been skimming money from customer rebates, lowering the rebate rate without telling the customer, then paying the customer less than they were owed.  WUOT's Brandon Hollingsworth stayed up late reading the affidavit and spoke with Morning Edition's Chrissy Keuper. 

Dr. Temple Grandin on Humane Treatment of Animals- Temple Grandin was in Knoxville recently to address a Veterinary Social Work summit sponsored by the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine.  Grandin is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and is well known among animal welfare advocates for improving the conditions in large cattle slaughter facilities.  Now, more than a half of all cattle slaughtered in the U.S. And Canada are processed by equipment that she designed.  She spoke with WUOT's Chrissy Keuper about how slaughter plants can be made even more humane.

The Girls of Atomic City-The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II is now a bestselling book about the women who worked on one of the nation’s most secret projects in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. WUOT's Chrissy Keuper spoke with author Denise Kiernan, who says she was moved to research and write the book after seeing a photo taken by Department of Energy photographer Ed Westcott...