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America West paves new ground in cost-cutting. The airline will serve food on flights -- from snacks to hot dinners -- but customers will have to pay for it. NPR's Janet Babin reports.

Robert Siegel talks with Washington Post columnist and Brookings Institution Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne, and Weekly Standard senior editor David Brooks.

With North Carolina Sen. John Edwards announcing his plans to run for president in 2004, speculation about the Democratic primary steps up a notch. NPR Senior News Analyst Dan Schorr says the only real question at hand is who can raise the most money by the end of the year.

Robert Siegel and Lynn Neary read from some of this week's letters from listeners. Among this week's topics: our series on prayer, a report on water-efficient appliances and a religious sect's claim of human cloning.

Hoppin' John has been the centerpiece of the Southern holiday table for generations. NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor's says it's unthinkable to not have the black-eyed peas and rice dish for New Year's, and offers this recipe from her cookbook, Vertamae Cooks.

South Korea offers to mediate the standoff between the United States and North Korea over North Korea's plan to restart a nuclear weapons program. South Korea has dispatched envoys to Russia and China in an effort to resolve the dispute through diplomacy. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

In the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan, a cult of personality surrounds President Niyazov, who prefers the term "Father of All Turkmen." His nation is isolated and shrouded in mystery. Reporter Ilan Greenberg managed to travel there for a piece in Sunday's New York Times Magazine. He speaks with NPR's Renee Montagne.

Host Renee Montagne and Commentator John Feinstein talk about sports in 2002.

With Halloween quickly approaching, many people are looking for ways to delve into the spooky spirit. Spook Hollow, presented by the Marquette Heights Men’s Club (MHMC), is sure to bring visitors the frights they're looking for through their haunted house trilogy.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano just keeps on blowing off steam, and for some people the spectacle never gets old.