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Robert talks with David Doi, Executive Director of the Coalition for Juvenile Justice, about a report finding that 50-75% of incarcerated juvenile offenders suffer from a diagnosable mental health disorder, that has not been adequately treated. The report compares facilities where juvenile offenders get "full-service" treatment for mental disabilities with those offenders where treatment is minimal or non-existent. The offenders in the "full-service" facilities have a dramatically reduced chance of re-entering the juvenile justice system.

Alcoa Aluminum reports a $223-million loss in the fourth quarter, driving the value of the company's stock down by 10 percent. The company says it plans to eliminate 8,000 jobs worldwide. David Sommerstein of North Country Public Radio reports.

White House reporter Sarah McClendon dies at 92. The feisty McClendon covered every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, reporting her stories in the McClendon News Service, which she founded. Another veteran White House newswoman, Helen Thomas, calls McClendon "one of the greatest" newspaperwomen Washington ever saw. NPR's Lynn Neary talks to Thomas.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade that Serbian prosecutors today asked police to begin investigating former president Slobodan Milosevic. Prosecutors want to know more about reports that he transferred gold out of the country. It's Serbia's first legal move against Milosevic and is expected to lead to his arrest. Two days ago, the Serbian parliament passed an amnesty law -- its first major piece of legislation aimed at restoring social peace after a decade of war and upheaval.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Baldauf, reporting from the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq. Insurgent leader and Islamic cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has rejected an earlier deal calling for him and his followers to disarm and leave the holy site. The interim Iraqi government could respond with military force.

Martha Stewart says she wants to begin serving her 5-month prison term. Stewart's lawyer told reporters they would also go ahead with an appeal. Stewart, the former CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., was convicted in March of lying to investigators about a stock sale. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Employers add 144,000 new jobs in August, just below what had been predicted by economists but an improvement on lackluster growth in June and July. The monthly unemployment report, released Friday, also showed the unemployment rate dipping to 5.4 percent. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

The Bush administration reports the pace of the U.S. economic recovery slowed in the second fiscal quarter, to an annual rate of 3 percent. That's down from a revised 4.5 percent growth rate in the first three months of the fiscal year. In a separate statement, the Bush administration said the federal deficit will grow to a record $445 billion. NPR's John Ydstie reports.

A U.S. soldier dies in an attack in Iraq, and a pro-Saddam riot breaks out in one district of Baghdad. In Tikrit, U.S. troops seal off the village where the ousted leader was born, as reports emerge that Hussein may be coordinating attacks against occupying forces. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Gunmen pretending to seek emergency medical care kill an American soldier in western Iraq. The death marks the 29th U.S. military fatality in Iraq since President Bush declared an end to hostilities on May 1. U.S. officials report an increase in coordinated attacks carried out by men they describe as trained military professionals. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.