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Steve reads some listeners' responses to a story on anti-SUV marketing research.

Something was "fishy" at last summer's bass tournament in Monticello, Ind. Would-be champion angler Danny Engleking pleaded guilty this past week to using substitute fish from an underwater cage. Host Steve Inskeep speaks with environmental officer John Raines, who hooked Engleking in a videotaped sting operation.

Today's job market is the toughest in recent times, but many people applying for jobs aren't putting their best efforts forward, one Web site says. Resumania.com highlights some of the mistakes people make their on resumes and cover letters. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Liz Hughes of Resumania.com.

With the 108th Congress less than two weeks old, new lawmakers in both houses settle in and prepare for next week's State of the Union speech. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Sens. Mark Pryor (D-AK) and John Sununu (R-NH).

Host Bob Edwards reads from listeners' comments.

An American banker who ran one of Russia's largest TV networks is fired by the state-owned company that owns the network. Some media analysts suggest Boris Jordan was dismissed for NTV's aggressive reporting, particularly during the Chechen rebel raid in October. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Host Bob Edwards reviews some of the highlights from last night's Golden Globe Awards.

The United States lost nearly one million manufacturing jobs in 2002, but the foreign-car industry continues to grow. Foreign automakers work to build or expand a half-dozen U.S. plants primarily in the Deep South, where the cost of labor is relatively low. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

For the second year in a row in Brainerd, Minn., a mysterious hole has appeared in a frozen lake. Locals and experts can't determine why a certain area of North Long Lake won't freeze over -- even though the ice around the area is 15 inches thick. Steve speaks with Marlene Hudalla, co-owner of Iven's On the Bay, a restaurant and bar located on the lake.

In 1995, in the wake of two shootings at women's health clinics in Boston, a group of leaders from opposing sides of the abortion debate agreed to hold four secret meetings to prevent further acts of violence. The meetings continued for seven years. NPR's Margot Adler visits the women at the Public Conversations Project offices, located in a small home in Watertown, Mass., to talk about the effect of their conversations. Online, hear the women's stories and read more about the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

The Catholic church's National Review Board -- a lay group appointed to investigate the priest sex-abuse scandals -- meets with church leaders in New York. But Cardinal Edward Egan will not take part in the talks, arousing critics. NPR's Nancy Solomon reports.

In Beijing, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State James Kelly continues efforts to end the impasse over North Korea's nuclear program. The United States wants China, North Korea's closest ally, to pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear ambitions. Anthony Kuhn reports.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case testing whether state employees are fully protected by a federal law that guarantees unpaid leave for workers dealing with family crises. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

The Bush administration prepares to file a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of three white students who have challenged the University of Michigan's admissions programs. The students allege the university uses a quota system that unfairly benefits minority applicants. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and U-M Law School Dean Jeffrey Lehman.

Top U.N. nuclear monitor Mohamed ElBaradei increases pressure on Iraq to divulge information about weapons programs, saying Baghdad must answer questions about the 12,000-page report it gave the United Nations. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

DuPont and other multinational corporations announce the launch of the Chicago Climate Exchange. The effort is the first major attempt at establishing a market for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Andrew Aulisi, a policy analyst with Environmental Defense.

NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Michele Norris read from some of this week's listener letters.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that a World Trade Organization court has ruled that the so-call Byrd Amendment to U.S. trade law is a violation of international trade rules. The amendment, named after Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), requires the Customs Service to hand over the anti-dumping duties it collects to the companies that brought the unfair trade complaints. Hard-pressed steel companies were the main beneficiary of the law. The U.S. Trade Representative's Office says it will work with Congress to bring U.S. law into compliance with international trade rules.

A chain of Hong Kong health clubs emphasizes modesty -- or perhaps vanity -- in an age of instant information. Also, they name hurricanes, don't they? Well, Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson has a plan to personalize a much different -- and more local -- form of natural disaster.

General Electric workers continue the second day of a strike to protest an increase in health-care costs. Rates for GE employees rose almost 50 percent in the last two years -- an additional $200 per year, on average. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Uwe Reinhardt of Princeton University.

As anti-war protesters arrive in Washington, D.C., for weekend demonstrations, local police are ready with surveillance cameras. Critics say the presence of the cameras will discourage some people from participating. City officials say the cameras are important to manage resources in case violence erupts. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

The French film noir classic Quai des Orfevres makes a new tour of U.S. theaters half a century after its 1948 release, with a restored print. It features a lost Paris full of music halls, cigarette smoke and a criminal investigation. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan offers a review.

Iraq President Saddam Hussein marks the 12th anniversary of the start of the Gulf War with a promise to defeat U.S. troops. On Jan. 17, 1991, a U.S.-led coalition launched Operation Desert Storm in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

Human rights groups fear the aftermath of a war in Iraq could create a climate of revenge among Iraqis who have suffered under Saddam Hussein's government. Some Iraqi exiles downplay the issue, but other observers say the Bush administration must be prepared to address post-war vendettas. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with Princess Mary Elettra Elena Anna Marconi about the work of her father, inventor Guglielmo Marconi. Tomorrow marks 100 years since he sent the first radio telegram.