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Few residents of Fallujah seem to show remorse for attacks Wednesday on four U.S. civilians in the city, whose bodies were burned and hanged by angry mobs. Many residents in the restive town tell reporters the grisly deaths were a proper show of disdain for America. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and New York Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman.

As reports show the U.S. economy added 308,000 jobs in March, Republicans on Capitol Hill generally claim the numbers vindicate the GOP's tax policies. Democrats have conflicting reactions: relief that Americans are finding jobs, but criticism that job production is still not good enough. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Marine commanders say time is running out for insurgents in Fallujah to comply with the terms of a cease-fire agreement signed earlier this week. Military officials say insurgents have not turned in significant numbers of heavy weapons, in violation of the accord. Marine commanders say their offensive will resume unless real progress is made. KPBS reporter Eric Niiler reports.

Confusion continues to grow over Medicare's discount-drug program, which had its official start Monday. The new plan provides seniors with a choice of discount drug cards, but reports arose late last week that many of the discounts listed on the government's Web site were not accurate. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

A new report says the increasing death toll from the mosquito-borne disease can be reversed through international support of a new drug based on a Chinese herbal treatment. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

The war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic is thrown in doubt over reports of Milosevic's worsening health. The trial, already two years old, has faced many delays, as Milosevic, acting as his own lawyer, has required many concessions over his health. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports from Atlanta on the FBI's investigation of Richard Jewell, the security guard now under suspicion of planting the crude pipe bomb that exploded in Centennial Park, killing an one person and injuring more than 100 others. Amid a swarm of reporters from around the world, FBI agents today brought a bomb-sniffing dog for an hours-long search of Jewell's apartment in a working class Atlanta suburb.

The Gore Commission released its recommendations on aviation security today. The report outlines a number of proposals, including requiring airports to use certain high-tech explosives-detection systems, creating passenger profiles to spot likely terrorists, the assignment of a number of FBI agents to counter-terrorism, and the deployment of bomb-sniffing dogs. NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that airlines and the ACLU oppose some of these suggestions.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from Diyarbikir (dee-YARR-buh-keer) in Southeastern Turkey that there are new reports of heavy fighting between rival Kurdish militias in northern Iraq, as Turkey declares the establishment of a buffer zone along its borders with Iraq to prevent attacks from yet another Kurdish rebel group.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on CBS' announcment of plans to offer free television time to the presidential candidates just before the November elections. NBC and ABC reportedly are discussing the idea. Fox and PBS earlier announced plans to give air time to major presidential candidates. A coalition of media bigwigs led by former Washington Post political reporter Paul Taylor has been pushing the networks to provide the access as a way to help reinvigorate the democratic process.