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American Green Berets are in Colombia providing assistance and training to help the Colombian government in its fight against leftist insurgents. Expanding American aid and more patrols by Colombian forces have many people believing the guerillas can be defeated -- even though a deadly bombing took 33 lives in Bogotá last Friday. Martin Kaste reports.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on today's arguments before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the 1970 Clean Air Act. Opponents from industry and several state governments say Congress unconstitutionally delegated too much of its power to the executive branch. The measure requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish air quality standards that protect the public health, based on the latest science. Defenders of the law say Congress could never agree on standards, and is justified in assigning the job to the EPA.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome that the Vatican has launched a campaign against a new "morning after pill" being sold in Italy. The hormone-based pill Norlevo prevents a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus, if given within 72 hours of sexual intercourse. The Vatican has denounced the pill as a form of abortion and urged Italian pharmacists not to fill prescriptions for it. Some members of Italy's center-left government have accused the Church of trying to overturn the separation of church and state.

NPR's David Schaper reports that a federal bankruptcy judge in Chicago has imposed a temporary 14-percent pay cut on machinists for United Airlines. Pilots, flight attendants, dispatchers, and meteorologists working for the air carrier agreed earlier to pay reductions for the next few months while United tries to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports numerous non-profit organizations will receive a package of grants worth $42 million from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago. In honor of the foundation's 25th anniversary, NPR received the single largest grant ever in public radio history. The Chicago arts community is the biggest beneficiary with remaining funds going to the Lyric Opera of Chicago, nine musuems, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lincoln Park Zoo and the Joffrey Ballet.

Meeting with South Korean officials in Seoul, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly says the United States may consider providing North Korea with energy supplies if it scraps its nuclear weapons program. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

North Korea fails to respond to a White House offer to hold unconditional talks about its nuclear weapons program. Meanwhile, some military strategists say a U.S. strike against North Korea's nuclear complex is risky for South Korean residents and is unlikely. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

South Korea promises a "compromise solution" in a bid to end a thorny standoff between North Korea and the United States over the North's nuclear ambitions. U.S. officials say they want a diplomatic solution, but won't abandon a 1994 accord in which North Korea agreed to close a nuclear plant it is now moving to reopen. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

The Norwalk virus -- now famous for making cruise passengers ill -- is affecting people across the country. Boston reports 17 new cases, triple the number in years past. It's not fatal, but it often leads to 48 hours of the worst flu-like symptoms one can experience. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Dr. Anita Barry of the Boston Public Health Commission.

President Bush sends the Senate names of federal judge candidates rejected a year ago when Democrats were in control. Bush renominates Priscilla Owen of Texas, angering supporters of abortion rights. He renominates Charles Pickering Sr. of Mississippi, despite loud protests about Pickering's civil rights record. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.