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Robert Siegel remembers his cameo voice role on the TV show Northern Exposure in 1995. He played himself introducing actress Margaret "Peg" Phillips as a commentator on All Things Considered. Phillips, who won fame as the shopkeeper Ruth-Anne Miller in the television series, died Thursday of lung disease. She was 84.

Federal regulators sign off on the merger of AT&T Broadband and Comcast, the nation's largest and third-largest cable TV companies. The deal creates a company with 27 million subscribers. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

U.S. officials and analysts seek to confirm the authenticity -- and gauge the import -- of a recording that may feature Osama bin Laden's comments on recent events. Hear from NPR's Michele Kelemen, voice recognition expert Steve Cain, and Egyptian political scientist Mamoun Fandy.

America's Catholic Bishops overwhelmingly approve new rules for handling cases involving the sexual abuse of minors. The policy was crafted at the Vatican, and is expected to receive quick approval from the pope. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.

"We're not being revisionist. We're not waging a war on history," council member Inez Barron said. "We're saying that we want to make sure that the total story is told."

Iraq accepts terms of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at disarming Saddam Hussein, but a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan denies the regime has weapons of mass destruction. Hear from NPR's Vicky O'Hara, NPR's Lynn Neary and political writer Rami Khouri.

The frontier is long gone, but the American West clings to some of its roots. Morning Edition presents a series of profiles of people who are inspired by the region's landscape, resources and culture. The series continues with one of the Northwest's premier chefs, Christine Keff of Seattle. NPR Online offers one of her special recipes.

Commentator Ruben Navarrette is a Texan who says his state's African-American and Hispanic politicians should pay less attention to wooing white voters, and more attention to demographics that predict a Hispanic majority in coming years.

The Federal Communications Commission clears the way for the creation of the nation's largest cable TV company. The marriage of Comcast and AT&T's broadband unit will have 27 million subscribers and control roughly 40 percent of the cable market. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops votes to approve a revised charter for policy on priests accused of sex abuse. The Vatican felt a charter bishops approved months earlier was at odds with church law. NPR's Duncan Moon reports.