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NPR's Howard Berkes reports on a dispute brewing on how the 2002 Winter Olympics will be characterized. Already, some are nicknaming the games the "Mormon Olympics" because of their location in Salt Lake City. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints not only takes offense at this use of the term "Mormon", but denies that it has any improper influence with Olympic officials.

NPR's Joanne Silberner will have the latest on a new Surgeon General's report on smoking. The focus this year is on women who smoke. Lung cancer and death rates are up, and more teenage girls are smoking. The surgeon general is recommending new anti-smoking campaigns aimed at women and girls.

Writer John McIlwraith has been told he has stomach cancer, he will have surgery tomorrow. To prepare for the surgery he decided to celebrate his digestive organ in a unique way.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr looks back on the American obsession with Fidel Castro, from the Kennedy administration's assassination plots to the Cuban missile crisis.

Noah Adams talks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about the resignation today of U.S. Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck. Dombeck had been instrumental in many of the Clinton administration reforms of forest policy, some of which are already being challenged by the Bush administration.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports two bomb blasts rocked Jerusalem today, killing one person and injuring dozens more. Palestinian groups claimed responsibility for the bombings.

NPR's Jack Speer reports that when Boeing announced its decision to leave Seattle, it unveiled a list of three cities it is considering as a new headquarters. Chicago, Dallas and Denver made the list.

Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick worked together on the series, a coming-of-age portrait of the athlete.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Washington Post reporter Mary Pat Flaherty about a report indicating design flaws in the Osprey aircraft. Marine Corps pilots say that the flaws were known about before recent accidents but were ignored, because the corps wanted to win Pentagon funding for full production of the plane.

NPR's Kate Seeleye reports there are signs Syria may be backing away from its warming toward free speech and markets.