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Iraqi Kurds send a letter to President Bush expressing concerns over the country's new leadership and threatening to withdraw from the interim government. The minority Kurds say they are not adequately represented in the body. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Ambassador Peter Galbraith of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation.

This summer, Verity Records celebrates its 10th anniversary. The gospel label features popular artists likes of Vanessa Armstrong and Donnie McClurkin, among others. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with the label's president Max Siegel and Verity gospel star and pastor John P. Kee.

American support for the war in Iraq is stronger now than it was a month ago, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. The poll's findings also show an improvement in President Bush's standing over the past month. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center.

NPR's Michele Norris talks to Stefan Fatsis, sports writer for The Wall Street Journal, about the U.S. World Cup soccer team's struggle to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. The U.S. team has made great strides in improving its standing in world soccer. But the team's recent World Cup qualifying win against Grenada is being overshadowed by soccer's second-most important tournament, the European championship, currently taking place in Portugal.

In rural North Dakota, crime is becoming increasingly violent and related to alcohol and drugs -- especially methamphetamine. We follow Williams County's Sheriff Scott Busching for an in-depth look at the challenges of policing America's outback. Hear NPR's Howard Berkes.

Helen Hartness Flanders spent 35 years preserving Vermont's vanishing folk songs. She eventually collected more than 4,000 songs by carrying sound equipment to remote corners of the state -- and by charming residents into singing for her.

Republican Jack Ryan, an investment banker-turned-teacher, and Democrat Barack Obama, currently a state senator, are competing in a closely watched Senate race that could potentially shape the balance of power in Congress. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

A group claiming ties to al Qaeda beheads U.S. hostage Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia. The 49-year-old engineer, an employee of Lockheed Martin working on Apache attack helicopter systems in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh, was taken hostage last weekend. His captors warned they would kill him unless al Qaeda suspects were released from jail. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Knight Ridder correspondent Dave Montgomery.

Eszter Balint has had roles in a number of films, including director Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise. These days, Balint sings and writes songs more than she acts. Her new CD is called Mud. Karen Michel has this profile.

Tapes released by the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks give voice to the confusion that reigned that day in America's air-defense response. The panel says the Pentagon fumbled its chance to intercept at least one of the hijacked planes, and jetfighters did not receive orders to shoot down the airliners in time. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson.