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Immigration officials have cleared the way for nine Cubans to seek residency in the U.S. The refugees survived a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week. NPR's Philip Davis reports this has angered Cuban officials, who say the refugees stole the state owned plane, and they should be returned to Cuba.

NPR's Anne Sutton reports on the shortfall in salmon returns in Western Alaskan waters for the second year in a row. State Governor Tony Knowles has already started the paperwork to provide state aid; now the state is seeking federal assistance too.

A bill to regulate what are known as "527" groups finds more critics the longer it is debated. The legislation seeks to close a loophole in earlier efforts to curb unlimited political contributions.

as the western allies enforce the enlarged air exclusion zone. The U.S. seeks support for its actions against Saddam Hussein among foreign leaders.

Host John Ydstie talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about the week ahead in politics. Mass. Sen. John Kerry announced his intention yesterday to seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2004, and the Louisiana Senate race is still up for grabs.

The Russian government approves the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty that seeks cuts in "greenhouse gas" emissions in order to slow global warming. The measure is now expected to be ratified by Duma, the Russian parliament. Hear NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

As U.S. forces seek out the last remaining pockets of resistance in Fallujah, insurgents in Mosul, Baqouba and other Sunni Muslim towns and cities are back on the offensive. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

In Florida, evacuees seeking to escape the path of Hurricane Frances fill shelters as the state's evacuation preparations continue. The storm, downgraded to a Category 2, is expected to make landfall on Florida's coast Saturday morning. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman is expected to announce Friday that he will not seek another term after a sweeping defeat in the midterm elections.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Louisiana company has asked a federal judge to block government plans to cancel a long-stalled federal energy lease on land…