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The FBI is looking into a computer virus that struck the Internet overnight, interfering with Web browsing and e-mail delivery. Experts say the virus exploits a bug in the Microsoft system that was identified six months ago, and repaired with a software "patch." NPR News reports.

NPR's Tom Goldman took a detour across the border to Tijuana on his way to cover the Super Bowl in San Diego. He sent us this audio postcard.

A coalition of black media outlets seeks to promote HIV-AIDS awareness. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Diane Weathers, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine.

Amid the blizzard of new ads coming on Super Bowl Sunday, Sony tries a new approach. The company will try to sell its electronics products with an ad featuring singer Alana Davis -- and urge viewers to download Davis's version of the Crosby, Stills classic "Carry On" from the Internet for 99 cents. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell implores the international community to meet its responsibility to disarm Iraq, saying the burden is on Saddam Hussein to avoid war by accounting for "missing" biological and chemical agents. And he says at least a dozen nations would support a U.S.-led attack on Iraq. A report from U.N. arms inspectors is due Monday. NPR News reports.

As the possibility of war with Iraq hangs over the nation, President Bush finalizes the State of the Union address he'll deliver on Tuesday. NPR's Liane Hansen talks to James Fallows, a former speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter.

Montana officials investigate dozens of old cases as part of an investigation into the work of Arnold Melnikoff, former director of the Montana State Crime Lab. Melnikoff's testimony in hundreds of trials is being questioned after a man he helped convict was exonerated by DNA evidence. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

Host Steve Inskeep checks in on other developing stories.

When CBS announced that it was going to remake The Beverly Hillbillies as a reality show, many Appalachian groups complained that they were being trivialized. Member station WMRA's Martha Woodroof reports.

We remember former Tommy Thompson, a co-founder of the string band the Red Clay Ramblers, who died this past week.