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The U.S. occupation force's public relations machine is in full swing in Iraq, downplaying the effectiveness of the insurgency. The insurgency has countered with a propaganda barrage, distributing low-cost cassettes and DVDs glorifying the resistance. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

Search engines may soon use personal information to return better search results. Google's plan to offer an e-mail service that delivers ads based on e-mail keywords has privacy watchdogs nervous. NPR's Rick Karr reports.

Artist and MIT professor Krzysztof Wodiczko has created The St. Louis Projection, a community art project about the effects of violence and the healing power of public discourse. The piece, which will be projected the evenings of April 15-17 onto the side of the historic Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, includes testimony by city residents who have lost loved ones to violence, as well with the remorseful stories of prisoners now serving time at the Missouri State Correctional Facility in Potosi. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

Families have released the names of three of the four victims killed and mutilated in grisly attacks in Fallujah Wednesday. The victims were private contractors working security detail in Iraq, and included two former Army Rangers and an ex-Navy SEAL. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

From member station KQED in San Francisco, Jason Margolis reports on the life and death of Major Mark Taylor, an Army surgeon who died last month in Iraq.

With Easter only days away, hatmakers are hustling to fill their orders for Easter bonnets. NPR's Michele Norris visits with Estella Wheeler, who still does a brisk business sustaining the mostly African-American tradition of wearing hats every Sunday morning.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Rand Aspinwall from Hamilton Square, N.J. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WNJT in Trenton, N.J.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer shares personal reflections about past hearings after covering recent testimony before the Sept. 11 commission.

Insurgents launch mortars at an Iraqi prison, killing 22 prisoners and injuring an estimated 92 others. U.S.-led forces in Iraq are using the Abu Ghraib prison to hold suspected Saddam Hussein sympathizers and insurgents. It's unclear why the prison was targeted. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Philip Reeves.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews The Alamo.