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Amateur weatherman Steven Fybish shares some unusual knowledge -- Fybish can recite from memory exactly how much snow has fallen in New York City for each of the last 130 years.

George is the name of a four-foot tall wild turkey living in a Newtonville, MA neighborhood. Because of him, mail delivery in the area has become a bit of a problem. Turns out George doesn't like the mail carrier all that much. Tim Hoban is the man who draws George's ire. The bird lunges, squawks and pecks at Hogan while he travels his daily route. He won't attack other carriers, just Hogan. Robert talks with postman about the foul fowl.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on a new report from a U.N. panel on global climate change. It says that extreme weather events, like huge snowstorms and floods, are becoming more frequent, and may be signs of the slow process of global warming.

A sample of residents from Seattle offer their reactions to Vice-President Dick Cheney's hospitalization for heart problems.

Vice President Cheney went home from the hospital today, one day after undergoing an operation to reopen an artery to his heart. The angioplasty was performed at George Washington University Hospital, not far from the White House. Doctors there canceled plans for a briefing today on the vice president's condition. Mr. Cheney is expected to return to work later this week, although White House staff were not discussing any details of his case. NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea reports.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports that military investigators went aboard the U.S.S. Greeneville in Pearl Harbor yesterday. They also heard testimony that civilian visitors, crowded into the tiny control room of the sub, may have distracted the crew members.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that the Senate has overturned a law that would have required businesses to protect their workers from repetitive stress injuries. Business leaders say this so-called "ergonomics rule" would cost them too much.

NPR's Robert Smith reports that students of Princeton University and their parents are gasping in relief -- over tuition. The university plans to bolster its financial aid so that undergraduates won't have to take out student loans. This will likely give Princeton a keen edge in attracting the best students, and it has other Ivy League schools scrambling.

Commentator Ev Ehrlich says census data reflect millions more people in the U.S. than population projections suggest. He thinks foreign workers are factoring into the head-count, and that they are exercising a powerful influence on the U.S. economy.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on President Bush's efforts to gain support for his budget plan, before it comes to a vote in Congress on Thursday. Yesterday Mr. Bush met with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, and spoke to traders on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.