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U.S. military authorities investigate reports that American planes mistakenly dropped bombs on a convoy of U.S. Special Forces and Kurdish fighters in Northern Iraq. Eighteen Kurds were killed, and dozens more were wounded. All Things Considered guest host John Ydstie talks with NPR's Ivan Watson about the attack.

NPR's Steve Inskeep in central Iraq reports on the entry of U.S. Marines into a market town south of Baghdad. The Marines' foray was part of efforts to consolidate U.S. control over areas bypassed by American forces on their push to Baghdad.

Karen Michel profiles guitarist Brad Shepik, who mixes American jazz with influences from Moroccan to Klezmer. Shepik has just released a new album — it's called Drip (Knitting Factory).

British paratroopers enter Basra, and the main opposition in that city appears to have been subdued, though pockets of resistance remain. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Reuters reporter Rosalind Russell who's near Basra in southern Iraq. Russell says the British were received well by most of the people.

NPR's Renee Montagne speaks with three winners of the Pulitzer prize, whose works of biography, history and music center on remembrance. She speaks to Robert Caro, winner of the Pulitzer for Biography for his book, Master of the Senate, Rick Atkinson, winner of the Pulitzer for History for his book, An Army at Dawn, and John Adams, winner of the Pulitzer for music for his composition, "On the Transmigration of Souls."

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden about the latest news from the Pentagon.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on an anti-war demonstration today in Oakland, Calif., that police put down using non-lethal bullets, beanbags and concussion grenades. Several dockworkers who were not part of the demonstration were injured; they say the police used too much force.

Soldiers with the Army's 101st Airborne Division discover what they believe to be an Iraqi storage site for chemical warheads, U.S. commander says. Describing the discovery as a potential "smoking gun," the official says soldiers found in a warehouse outside Baghdad about 20 medium-range rockets with warheads containing sarin and mustard gases. Hear NPR's John Burnett.

The U.S. First Marine Division moves to seal off roads on the east and north side of the Iraqi capital, and troops fight from skirmish to skirmish, finding huge caches of weapons and ammunition hidden along the sides of Highway 6 along the Tigris River. Hear NPR's John Burnett.

U.S. Marines continued an effort to establish control of southern Iraq. Troops swept toward al-Amarah, a southern Iraqi city that has yet to see U.S. or British troops. The Marines were expecting to fight one of the remaining divisions of Iraq's army. But as NPR's Steve Inskeep reports, that unit disappeared during the advance.