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Bluesy Blind Pig Records has now been around 25 years -- a long life span for an independent. It grew from a basement operation in Michigan to one of music's top specialty labels. Hear from NPR's John Ydstie, Blind Pig co-founder Edward Chmelewski and singer Deborah Coleman.

Cardinal Bernard Law resigns as head of Boston's troubled Roman Catholic archdiocese, amid continuing criticism of his handling of a sex-abuse scandal involving priests. Hear WBUR's Monica Brady-Myerov, NPR's Chris Arnold and National Catholic Reporter Vatican correspondent John Allen.

This year she received the John Humphrey Freedom Award for her 20-plus years in the field of human rights and democratic development in her country. She was noted for her work to promote women's rights in Nigeria. She helped organize civil protests across the country, demonstrating against the planned adoption of a conservative and discriminatory form of law known as Sharia.

The creators of the offbeat comedy Being John Malkovich have a new film out: Adaptation. Nicolas Cage stars as a screenwriter who struggles to adapt a non-fiction book into a screenplay. Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper also play key roles. Pat Dowell reports.

Bishop Richard Lennon celebrates Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in his first public appearance as the interim leader of the Boston Archdiocese. Pope John Paul II appointed Lennon to the post in the wake of Cardinal Bernard Law's resignation. NPR's Monica Brady-Myerov reports.

The rare North Atlantic right whale lives in a dangerous habitat. New international maritime rules taking effect will divert ships from an important feeding area off Massachusetts in a bid to bring the whale back from the brink of extinction. Hear NPR's John Nielsen.

President Bush nominates former investment banker William Donaldson to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Donaldson's selection comes just a day after the president announced railroad executive John Snow as his choice for treasury secretary. Hear NPR's Jack Speer and Mike McNamee of Business Week.

U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte cites "systematic holes and gaps" in Iraq's arms declaration to the United Nations. He spoke to reporters after U.N. chief arms inspector Hans Blix briefed U.N. officials on the 12,000-page declaration. NPR News reports.

Jamison is an authority on manic- depression and suicide. Her book, Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide is now out in paperback Shes also the author of Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament. JAMISON disclosed her own 30-year battle with manic-depression in the memoir, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness. Jamison is Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

NPR's John Ydstie reports California utilities managed to avoid "rolling blackouts" today, but for the 11th day in a row the state spent the day under a Stage 3 alert. On one level, California's power crisis is simple: too much demand, not enough supply. The full explanation is much more complicated, though, and involves a lot of bad luck, a shortage of rainfall and a botched de-regulation plan.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the one-week delay for the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on John Ashcroft's nomination to be the next Attorney General. Vermont's Patrick Leahy, the ranking Democrat on the panel, said he asked for the seven day delay to examine Ashcroft's responses to their questions. Many feel the time will be used to galvanize the opposition to the former Missouri senator, who has become a lightning rod of criticism by abortion-rights, civil-rights, and gun-control groups.

Intel introduced its new high speed Pentium 4 processor today, the chipmaker's first processor design since 1995. As NPR's John McChesney reports, the chip boosts video and graphics performance, giving Intel additional clout in the battle for high performance users. But analysts don't expect the Pentium 4 to quickly transform the PC market because most users already have plenty of power for their needs.

Two hundred years ago this week, a horse-drawn carriage arriving from Quincy, Massachusetts, pulled up to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., delivering President John Adams into the home then known as the President's house. Over the years, the White House has survived a fire and numerous renovations. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Gary Walters, Chief Usher of the White House.

Heretofore, zoologists believed that only primates (humans, chimps and possibly other apes) could recognize their own images in a mirror. Self-recognition is one of those things that sets some of us apart from other animals. Well, as NPR's John Nielsen reports, dolphins also now make the grade, according to some ingenious experiments in tanks with mirrors.

Robert Siegel talks with John Aglionby, Southeast Asia correspondent for The Guardian about the massacre of 118 Madurese people on the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. Ethnic tension between the Dayak and Madurese people is the cause of the conflict. The Dayak are natives to Borneo and are mostly subsistence farmers. The Madurese migrated to Borneo as part of a government policy and are mostly traders and shop owners. Several hundred Madurese were slaughtered in a field after they had boarded trucks and thought they were being evacuated to the island of Madura.

Melissa Block talks with John Reeves, self-described freeform industrial ice artist. Reeves is the artistic genius behind a 160-foot tall ice sculpture outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. Using strategically placed sprinklers, Reeves estimates that he flows about 6,000 gallons of water onto the sculpture every hour.

Officials plan services for Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. The public will be able view the pontiff's body for the first time Monday. Rome and Vatican City expect more than 2 million mourners. The pope's funeral is set for Friday morning and his body is to be interred in the grotto at St. Peter's Basilica.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) launches another drive for campaign finance reform. He's joined by others in congress who say they want to clamp down on political organizations known as 527s. The groups, which operate under section 527 of the tax code, elude Federal Election Commission limits on contributions and spending.

Ads accusing Sen. John Kerry of lying about his Vietnam War record -- an accusation that is unproved -- appear to be eroding Kerry's standing in polls of independent voters and veterans. Veterans supporting Kerry's version of events came forward over the weekend. Hear NPR's Juan Williams.

Despite heated campaign rhetoric, proposals on Iraq from the presidential candidates are similar and unlikely to change things soon. President Bush says the United States will exit when the Iraqis can secure their own country. Sen. John Kerry proposes returning troops within four years. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt.