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Central states cry foul over federal attempts to save prairie dogs and their habitats. Nebraska and others say the prairie dog is a pest, not an endangered species. Prairie dogs have lost 99 percent of their original range in North America. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

Robert Siegel and Lynn Neary read some of this week's letters from listeners. Topics include the closing time of pubs in London, Victoria's Secret's lawsuit against Victor's Little Secret, and whether the well-being of the state of California or the state of Maine predicts the health of the nation. Send e-mail to atc@npr.org.

Diane Orson reports lawyers in the trial of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel are at odds over the prosecution's use of a dramatic multi-media display that looked like a TV news report. High-tech presentations are increasingly popular with some lawyers, but others see it as a dangerous trend.

NPR's Rachael Myrow reports on problems at one of the nation's largest hospital chains. Just a month ago, Tenet Healthcare was one of the stars of the medical-services industry, beloved by Wall Street. That was before the Medicare audit, the telephone calls from the SEC, the investigation of two company doctors in Redding, Calif., and the precipitous plunge in Tenet's stock price.

In New York City, officials unveil plans for a new building at 7 World Trade Center. The building, across the street from where the twin towers stood, collapsed several hours after the Sept. 11 attacks. Andrea Bernstein reports.

A U.S. district judge rules against a New York law that bans the wearing of masks during public demonstrations. The judge says the law amounts to "viewpoint discrimination" by singling out a Ku Klux Klan-like group that applied for a parade permit -- and is therefore unconstitutional. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

A New York City council committee strikes a blow for quieter cultural pursuits among the chattering classes.

NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea reports that President Bush has used a NATO gathering in Prague to issue a stern warning to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The NATO summit, which officially gets under way tomorrow, is dedicated to enlarging the alliance and giving it a new direction in the post-Cold War era.

President Bush also met privately today with other NATO leaders in advance of tomorrow's alliance summit. But he has not scheduled a meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who made his opposition to war in Iraq a central plank of his recent campaign platform. NPR's Guy Raz reports relations between Bush and Schroeder have been strained by the Iraq issue.

NPR's Rachael Myrow reports on how technology could help prevent some embarrassing situations. The latest development from the world of karaoke, brings a 'pitch-correction' machine that puts even notoriously bad singers in the right key.