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Mark O'Connor has spent quality time as a Nashville fiddler, a rocker with The Dixie Dregs, and as a classical violinist. His new CD, In Full Swing, jumps into jazz with the help of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and vocalist Jane Monheit. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with O'Connor about his varied career and the Hot Swing Trio.

NPR's Bob Edwards talks with Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher magazine, about newspapers' editorial opinions about the looming war in Iraq.

Unionized exotic dancers at the Lusty Lady in San Francisco walk the picket line to restore a pay cut and gain some fringe benefits.

Six University of Maryland students admit they got extra help on an accounting exam by surreptitious use of cell phones. (At least they weren't driving.) Also, a Norwegian lawmaker apologizes for playing a war game on a pocket computer at a most inappropriate time.

As the United States moves closer to war with Iraq, educators are taking different approaches to teaching what it means to be a patriot. As part of Morning Edition's "Citizen Student" series on civics education, NPR's Madeleine Brand visits two eighth-grade history classrooms to listen in on the discussion.

The head of the U.S. Pacific fleet is requesting that reinforcements be sent to assist U.S. forces on the Korean peninsula. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the growing lobby against Mexican ID cards. Three states have passed bills barring their acceptance, arguing the cards violate federal law.

Clark Boyd reports on a popular El Salvadoran radio call-in show called Enfoque Migratorio, or Focus on Migration. The show answers listener's questions about how to get into the United States. It's been such a hit that producers are planning a TV series on the same topic.

Residents in South Gate, Calif., vote to oust the mayor, treasurer and two council members, amid allegations that they conducted city business through backroom deals and gave city contracts to friends. Adolfo Guzman-Lopez of member station KPCC reports.

Water levels in St. Louis reach their lowest in more than a decade, affecting the barge transportation business and companies that depend on the Mississippi River to transport cargo. Tom Weber of member station KWMU reports.