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Johnny Cash, country music's "Man in Black," dies due to complications from diabetes at 71. Cash, whose hits include "I Walk the Line," and "A Boy Named Sue," earned 11 Grammys in his six-decade career and was inducted into the Country Music, the Rock and Roll and the Songwriters halls of fame. Cash's death comes four months after the death of his wife, June Carter Cash. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Fort Bragg, N.C., where thousands of soldiers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division are leaving for Iraq. For many of them, it's their second deployment this year.

President Bush's formal request for another $87 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan arrives on Capitol Hill. Four Senate committees promise hearings on the funding request. NPR's David Welna reports.

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says that although U.S. administrator Paul Bremer remains in charge in Iraq, the country's interim governing council is gaining more say in the daily decision-making process. His comments come amid growing calls from the international community that the U.S. speed up the handover of power to the Iraqi people. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Armitage.

Woody Allen's new comedy Anything Else stars Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci. Film critic David Edelstein reviews the film.

Kent Nelson's novel Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still takes place in the bleak terrain of the Black Hills of South Dakota. Alan Cheuse offers a review.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with Kanan Makiya, author of Republic of Fear about what it will take to write a new Iraqi constitution.

A bomb explodes at the offices of one of Iraq's most important Shiite Muslim groups in Najaf, killing three people. The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq says it was the target of a bombing. And in Baghdad, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it will scale back operations due to the lack of security. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson and Mideast expert Graham Fuller.

An independent investigation board determines the Feb. 1 Columbia disaster was caused in part by mismanagement within NASA, and recommends changes the space agency should make before resuming shuttle flights. Some analysts say fixing NASA's culture will be the most difficult of space agency changes. Hear NPR's Richard Harris and Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI).

A U.S. soldier is killed in a roadside bombing in Fallujah and another dies in an ambush on a military convoy in Baghdad. As attacks in Iraq continue, U.S.-led forces announce plans to put 28,000 new Iraqi police recruits through intensive training at a U.S. base in Hungary. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.