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U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq are on two-day hiatus while Muslims celebrate the end of the Ramadan holy month. But this weekend -- when the feasting and partying ends -- Iraq must present the U.N. with an accounting of its weapons programs. NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Baghdad.

Black Entertainment Television plans to cut two of its regular news programs by the end of December. Viewers and critics are concerned that the decision will further diminish BET's service to blacks. Network officials say BET is not getting out of the news business. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

More than 20 deaths are blamed on a massive winter storm that has left a dozen states coated in snow and ice. The Carolinas are suffering the most. More than 1 million people are without power during one of the coldest periods of the year. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

Millions of birds are dying each year flying into cell phone towers and broadcast antennas. Conservation groups are preparing a lawsuit to put a moratorium on new towers until they're designed with birds in mind. NPR's Melanie Peeples reports.

The league accepted changes after an outcry over test score adjustments known as "race-norming," which make it harder for retired Black players to win dementia awards.

President Bush today announced his new choice for treasury secretary: John W. Snow, chairman of the nation's largest railroad. Snow will now become the leading figure on the president's economic policy team, replacing Paul O'Neill, who was forced out last week. NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea reports.

Commentator Jesus Mena started working in farm fields when he was 8 years old along with his parents, and he hated it. Now, he is an administrator at Harvard University and he thought that his family was beyond working the fields. But this past summer, his son took a job on a farm.

A federal judge tosses a legal challenge brought by the General Accounting Office, in which the agency sought to learn more about meetings between Vice President Dick Cheney, energy company lobbyists and oil industry officials. NPR's Michele Norris discusses the case with NPR's Nina Totenberg.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that United Airlines filed for bankruptcy today. The airline has lost about $4 billion dollars in the last two years and didn't have enough cash to pay off nearly a billion dollars in debt that was due this week. It was business as usual for the flying public, though. The airline has promised to keep flying while it comes up with a plan to reduce costs under the supervision of the bankruptcy court.

Though John Snow is currently chairman of CSX, Washington is not foreign to him. Snow also served in the administration of President Gerald Ford and has been chairman of the Business Roundtable, which has long advocated a balanced federal budget. For some details about John W. Snow's background, Robert Siegel talks with Bob Lenzner, national editor of Forbes magazine.