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A more efficient food industry -- producing fewer dented cans with missing labels -- signals bad news for community pantries. Food banks find it harder to fill their pantry shelves. Hillary Wicai reports from member station KWMU.

Coca-Cola will stop issuing quarterly earnings estimates in order to focus instead on long-term profitability. Financial analysts aren't necessarily opposed, but one says the company must give investors detailed information on how it intends to execute its new strategy. Joshua Levs reports.

Boeing says it will abandon plans to build the Sonic Cruiser, a new high-speed passenger jet. Efforts will be focused on developing a more fuel-efficient, 250-seat aircraft. The effect of terrorism on air travel drives the change in plans. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq are on two-day hiatus while Muslims celebrate the end of the Ramadan holy month. But this weekend -- when the feasting and partying ends -- Iraq must present the U.N. with an accounting of its weapons programs. NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Baghdad.

Citing "weaknesses" and "discrepancies" in confessions, Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau seeks to nullify several convictions in the Central Park jogger case. Five black and Hispanic teenagers served prison terms for beating and raping a white female jogger in 1989. NPR's Nancy Solomon reports.

The federal government imposes a modest increase in fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and small trucks, beginning with the 2005 model year. Fuel efficiency for the popular models is now expected to rise about 1.5 miles per gallon by 2007. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.

Two decades of war and internal tension have made a powerful impact on Iraqi cultural life. A stage comedy mocking the miserable lives of many Iraqis is a hit in Baghdad. Some find secret solace in alcohol. Others turn to religion as never before. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

President Bush announces a plan to make an effective but risky smallpox vaccine available to all Americans. Military personnel and health care workers will get the innoculations first -- the front-line defense against a potential bioterror attack. Availability of vaccine played a big part in the administration's approach to the threat. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Russia offers muted criticism of President Bush's announcement that he intends to proceed with a new missile-defense program, which would debut in 2004. Russian officials predict a unilateral system is likely to be a destablizing force in global politics. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Billionaire Robert Johnson will be majority owner of a new NBA franchise in Charlotte, N.C. The man behind Black Entertainment Television (BET) will be the first African American to have majority ownership of a pro sports team. Mark Rumsey of member station WFAE reports.