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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.

Homeland Security nominee Tom Ridge appears at a Senate confirmation hearing Friday. Ridge is expected to win approval but will likely face questions about the administration's spending plans for homeland security. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

He clipped a pile of coupons, but they failed to add up to a new Toyota. So a man from Eliot, Maine, is trying to get the big wheels at the prosecutor's office involved.

President Bush has been defending his tax cut proposal by accusing his critics of engaging in "class warfare." NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that when the president invokes the phrase "class warfare" he does so in defense of the wealthy.

Federal prosecutors submit evidence they say merits a life sentence for Richard Reid, who pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up a jumbo jet with explosives hidden in his shoes. Before that could take place Reid was subdued by passengers and crew members aboard an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami. Sentencing is Jan. 30. Alex Ashlock reports.

Clarence Page, columnist for the Chicago Tribune and John McWhorter, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, debate the White House's position on affirmative action, put forward in a recent statement by President Bush on the admissions policies of the University of Michigan. (11:27)

Jan. 19 is National Popcorn Day. Host Liane Hansen pops some corny questions to Deirdre Flynn, the marketing director for the Popcorn Board.

As the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade approaches, political debate over abortion continues. With Republicans now in control of both the House and Senate, supporters of the decision, which guarantees a woman's right to an abortion, fear it could be overturned. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Weekend Edition Sunday music director Ned Wharton reviews discs by Radio Zumbido and illy B Eats, better known as Billy Martin, the drummer from Medeski Martin & Wood.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr outlines the history of nuclear weapons proliferation across the globe, focusing on action the United States may need to take to curb the spread of arms.