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More than eight million Americans are now out of work. And despite the recent congressional move to extend federal unemployment benefits for many of them, far more are without help. And in some quarters -- including the streets of Atlanta -- there are doubts the government can do much to help them. NPR's Joshua Levs reports..

NPR's Greg Allen reports that shopping mall developers are now taking a page from the open-air centers and homey main streets they once nearly put out of business. Malls are facing tough competition from big box retailers. So they're striving to create "quality of place" by opening up the roof, and adding coffee shops and outdoor benches.

Indiana Republican Richard Lugar prepares to take over the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as longtime chair Jesse Helms retires. Lugar, who held the post in the 1980s, says he hopes to revitalize the committee and foreign policy debate. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Several hundred Japanese Americans who grew up in World War II internment camps gather at a Los Angeles hotel for a reunion. The survivors say they want to tell their stories before their generation dies out. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports as Likud Party members re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as the party's leader, Palestinian gunmen opened fire in a town in northern Israel today. The attack came just hours after the terrorist attacks in Kenya. Five Israelis and the two Palestinian gunmen were killed in the incident in the town of Beit Shean, near the border with the West Bank.

France is putting pressure on the United States to release six French citizens who are among the hundreds of suspected al Qaeda operatives being held indefinitely at Guantanamo, Cuba. The French government wants to question them about terrorist activity in France. NPR's Nick Spicer reports.

One year after it announced a massive cost-cutting program, the Ford Motor Co. says it is now back from the brink of financial ruin. At the 2003 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Ford highlights its redesigned Mustang. Jerome Vaughn of member station WDET reports.

Los Angeles city leaders consider whether police should stop responding to most home and office burglar alarms that have not been verified by an eyewitness. Homeowners and alarm companies say that would-be burglars will get the wrong signal. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

As the United States deploys thousands of troops to the Persian Gulf region, the American media makes plans for coverage of possible military action against Iraq. Some journalists worry the military will limit access for security reasons. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.

Russia suffers its coldest winter in more than 20 years, with temperatures plunging to minus 30 degrees Farenheit. In Moscow, five people die from the Arctic freeze and dozens more suffer hypothermia. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.