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They were designed to let drivers avoid accidents...but a new study shows that fatality rates are actually higher for autos equipped with anti-lock brakes. For instance, the study, conducted by a insurance industry group, found that passengers were more likely to die in single-car crashes in cars with anti-lock brakes. As NPR's Don Gonyea reports, the experts say they're not yet sure what accounts for the loss in safety benefits.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell implores the international community to meet its responsibility to disarm Iraq, saying the burden is on Saddam Hussein to avoid war by accounting for "missing" biological and chemical agents. And he says at least a dozen nations would support a U.S.-led attack on Iraq. A report from U.N. arms inspectors is due Monday. NPR News reports.

The novel is a fictional account of a society founded by runaway slaves in the Great Dismal Swamp, which stretches between parts of Virginia and North Carolina.

His documentary My Architect, about his father the great architect Louis Kahn, has been nominated for an Academy Award. It's an account of Nathaniel's encounter with his father's double life -- Louis Kahn was married with a daughter and had two other children by two different mistresses. It also explores his father's work, with interviews from his peers, including Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei.

U.S. forces move to secure cities and oil fields in the north, attacking the city of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's birthplace and base of power. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says much work remains in Iraq, including recovering prisoners of war, searching for weapons of mass destruction and capturing or accounting for the Iraqi leader. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

The World Health Organization formally adopts an anti-obesity initiative, calling for countries to encourage cutting out fat, sugar and salt in favor of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and nuts. The plan ends two years of debate over the rules. By some accounts, the sugar lobby has been the strongest opponent to elements of the initiative. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports.

An expert assigned to untangle the finances of Indian tribes, managed by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, says the answer is to jettison the current system and start over. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that billions of dollars that Native American lands earn pass through the BIA and that money is supposed to be paid to individuals and tribes. The expert analyzing what went wrong says antiquated accounting practices and other forms of mismanagement require the establishment of a new agency to handle the money.

NPR's Vicky Que reports on Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler's decision to resign his position. The Clinton Administration had asked him to stay through the President's second term, but Kessler decided to step down. Kessler, a pediatrician and an attorney, was the object of widespread acclaim for his pressure on President Clinton to tackle the powerful tobacco industry...but had come under some fire in recent days regarding his expense accounts.

In the high country of northern Arizona, there has long been friction between police departments and the Navajo and Hopi. By all accounts, the situation has dramatically improved in the last 20 years. But relations between the police and Native Americans, as well as Hispanics, remain tense in the towns bordering the reservation, especially with rising apprehensions about gangs. This includes the mountain town of Flagstaff, Arizona, long considered the most tolerant of the Indian border towns. Sandy Tolan reports.

Jacki Lyden talks with former Chicago Tribune staff writer Sonsyrea Tate (SAHN-sur-ray). Tate is author "Little X: Growing up in the Nation of Islam" (Harper Collins San Francisco). It's a multigenerational account of her family's life in the Nation of Islam. A Washington DC native, Tate's grandparents joined the Nation of Islam in the 1950s. She notes the good and bad sides of her experiences before leaving the Nation of Islam as an adult and studying Orthodox Islam.