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For centuries, the Iraqi city of Najaf was the center of Shiite religious learning. But consistent persecution under Saddam Hussein helped shift the center of Shiite power to Iran. Some think Najaf's growing influence since the fall of Saddam's regime could pose a threat to Iran's more radical clergy. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

U.S. soldiers consolidate their hold on the international airport outside Baghdad, with reinforcements on the way. The airport is likely to serve as an important strategic base as commanders consider whether to cut through the city or to surround it. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

Many Iraqis are deeply concerned about the breakdown of law and order since Saddam Hussein's regime collapsed. There's been widespread looting in several cities. As the occupying power, the United States is responsible for restoring security in Iraq, but American forces so far have been reluctant to fulfill that responsibility. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.

U.S. forces seek to remain focused on the military mission in Iraq as looting and lawlessness plague Baghdad and other cities abandoned by Saddam Hussein's government and security forces. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports from Baghdad.

U.S. Marines close in on Baghdad from the southeast, as the Iraqi army continues to take large losses and thousands more soldiers surrender. U.S. troops see no signs of major resistance, but sporadic fighting by Iraqi paramilitary forces continues to erupt outside the city. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Anissa Mack is turning pie into performance art in the heart of Brooklyn, evoking a folksy scene from a bygone era on a busy city street. People "snatch" the fresh treats from the window sill. For All Things Considered, NPR's Melissa Block joins the hungry crowds in front of Mack's tiny cottage on the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library. View a photo gallery of Mack's "art" online.

Ten years after fire and violence rocked Los Angeles, Weekend Edition looks back on what happened and how the city has tried to recover. Scott Simon opens the hour from the corner of Florence and Normandie in South Central Los Angeles. A montage follows as Angelinos describe the events of ten years ago in their own words. Scott then explores the economic realities of south Los Angeles.

A decade after Los Angeles erupted in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, a four-part NPR series examines how the city has changed -- and how it hasn't. For Weekend Edition Saturday, Karen Grigsby Bates reports on how minority communities are changing in ways that couldn't have been predicted in 1992.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Peter Zwack, a retired brigadier general and former defense attaché serving in Russia, about the context of the struggle for this significant port city of Mariupol.

What is it like to be a musician in a city orchestra? Daniel Anker answers with Music from the Inside Out, a documentary that explores music by part and by whole via the members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.