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A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including President George W. Bush; NARAL Pro-Choice America President Kate Michelman; President Bush; Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge; French President Jacques Chirac; German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder; Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD).

As the economy lags and government grants and private funding begin to dry up, museum directors around the country scale back their efforts to expand and beautify their infrastructure. David D'Arcy reports.

The cold spell that's chilled the Northeast for almost a month has frozen a pond in New York City's Central Park. The ice is so thick, city officials are allowing New Yorkers to skate there for the first time in 10 years. From member station WNYC, Richard Hake reports.

As the possibility of war with Iraq hangs over the nation, President Bush finalizes the State of the Union address he'll deliver on Tuesday. NPR's Liane Hansen talks to James Fallows, a former speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter.

Host Liane Hansen hosts a roundtable discussion with reporters from around the country, including Kate Nelson, columnist and editorial board member of The Albuquerque Tribune; Pat Yack, editor of The Florida Times-Union; and Jim Camden, senior political reporter with the Spokane, Wash., Spokesman-Review.

Montana officials investigate dozens of old cases as part of an investigation into the work of Arnold Melnikoff, former director of the Montana State Crime Lab. Melnikoff's testimony in hundreds of trials is being questioned after a man he helped convict was exonerated by DNA evidence. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is James Morgan from New Brunswick, N.J. Morgan listens to Weekend Edition on member stations WBGO in Newark and WNYC in New York City.

When CBS announced that it was going to remake The Beverly Hillbillies as a reality show, many Appalachian groups complained that they were being trivialized. Member station WMRA's Martha Woodroof reports.

We remember former Tommy Thompson, a co-founder of the string band the Red Clay Ramblers, who died this past week.

As the White House awaits Monday's report on U.N. weapons inspectors' progress in Iraq, President Bush finalizes his State of the Union address. Bush is expected to address the possibility of war with Iraq in his Tuesday speech. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI).