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As the AFL-CIO finishes its winter meeting today in Los Angeles, union leaders see the economic downturn as an opportunity to make inroads into part of the economy where their recruiting goals have fallen well short. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports from Los Angeles.

Noah talks with Milwaukee County Supervisor Jim McGuigan about the controversy over Dennis Oppenheimer's sculpture of a giant blue shirt. The 35-foot-tall shirt is planned to decorate a parking structure at the Milwaukee Airport. Some people in town are worried that the sculpture will reinforce the city's blue collar image. The artist says that's not what he had in mind.

The U.S. Navy was at pains today to explain why it waited several days to release details regarding the presence of civilians on board the attack submarine Greeneville last Friday. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports Americans have been much more reluctant than the Japanese to surf the Web from their cell phones. It's likely to stay that way, as long as Internet access from wireless phones is slower and more costly than from a home computer.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Roger Adams, pardon attorney at the Justice Department, on the pardons of Marc Rich and Pincus Green; Captain Tom Kyle, deputy chief of staff of the US Pacific Fleet, on the collision of the USS Greeneville with a Japanese fishing trawler; Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan before the Senate Banking Committee; William H. Gates, Sr. and Representative Jennifer Dunn (Republican, Washington) on the possible elimination of the estate tax; Lieutenant General Gregory Newbold, of the US Marine Corps, on Friday's air attack of Iraqi defense installations; and President George W. Bush during his visit to the ranch of Mexican President Vicente Fox.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Jon Lang from Detroit, Michigan. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WDET in Detroit.)

Frank Stasio speaks with record producer Arif Mardin who this week will receive the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Trustees' Award for his career-long contributions in the recording studio. Mardin is sometimes referred to as "the diva producer" for his work with pop stars including Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Barbara Streisant, Whitney Houston and scores of others.

Breslow: NPR's Peter Breslow pays a return visit to Ecuador 25 years after living there and brings back some snapshots.

Melinda talks to Malcolm Kushner, co-creator of a humor exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, about various Presidents and their sense of humor. He says it's important for the Commander-in-Chief to know how to tell a joke, and make fun of himself on occasion.

Airstrikes of Iraqi military installations outside Baghdad yesterday provoked reactions from Arab leaders and American allies. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Arab scholar Shibley Telhami, and Richard Perle, a Pentagon official in the first Bush administration.