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As song-swapping service Napster braces to block 135,000 titles drawn up by record companies in compliance of a federal injunction, Weekend Edition technology commentator Rich Dean offers his thoughts on the continuing online music wars.

NPR's Steve Inskeep joined a dozen U.S. senators who are working on a Habitat for Humanity project in Capitol Heights, MD.

Joshua Levs of member station WABE in Atlanta takes us to the Everett family barn in Suwanee, Georgia. Every Saturday night since 1964, folks from all over come to the Everett Barn to listen to bluegrass music.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with KUNC station manager Neil Best about the recent sale of the public radio station in Greeley, Colorado. The University of Northern Colorado sold the station to the "friends of KUNC" after a battle for control with Colorado Public Radio, based in Denver.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on U.N. Secretary Kofi Annan's unsuccessful appeal to leaders of Afghanistan's Islamic Taliban government to stop the destruction of two huge Buddha statues. Secretary Annan was told that the statues, which are carved from a rock cliff near the central Afghan town of Bamian , are mostly destroyed.

In the first of a series of conversations with members of President Bush's cabinet, host Bob Edwards talks to Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi. They discuss some of the problems confronting his department. Secretary Principi says one of his priorities is eliminating the backlog of claims for veterans benefits. He says the Department of Veterans Affairs provides medical care to more than four million veterans a year and that more money is needed to improve the quality of that care. President Bush is requesting one billion dollars for the department for next year.

Scott talks to Geoffrey Rush, who has been nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as the Marquis de Sade in the film Quills.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the relationship between the U.S. and Colombia. The U.S. has gradually become more involved with the troubled nation, and President Bush is trying to decide what kind of policy to pursue for the future.

An excerpt from Napster Rap by singer Eric Schwartz. His music is available via Napster, and through his website at .

NPR's Senior Cultural Correspondent Susan Stamberg starts Morning Edition's March series on loyalty. She talks with George P. Fletcher of the Columbia University Law School. He is author of the book, Loyalty: An Essay on the Morality of Relationships.