Violence Escalates in Bahrain; US Reassess Cost of a Human Life Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Top of the Hour: Bahrain Turns Violent Over Protests, Morning Headlines Bahrain Turns Violent Over Protests Anna Nicole Smith: The Opera Feds: Humans Worth About $8 Million a Pop Radiohead's 'The King of Limbs,' Visionary or Cautionary? Libya and the History of Moammar Gadhafi's Rule Top of the Hour: Republican Spending Bill, Morning Headlines Update from Bahrain, as Tensions Escalate This Weekend's Movies: from 'Unknown' to 'Vidal Sassoon" Your Entries for 'Smartest Dog' 25 Years of Genocide Prevention Sports Heat Up in February State Dept's PJ Crowley on US Mid-East Foreign Policy International Business Reacts to Mid-East Protests Democrats in Hiding: Wisconsin and the Union Battle Nicholas Kristof Reports on Police Attacking Bahrani Protesters Bahraini army tanks take position near Pearl Square in Manama on February 17, 2011. Riot police stormed through the square firing rubber bullets and tear gas in a harsh crackdown. ( JOSEPH EID/AFP / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC