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Democrat Mary Landrieu defeats Republican Suzanne Terrell in the Louisiana Senate race. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with politics writer Jason Berry about the race and about the state's colorful political history.

Continuing the discussion on a post-O'Neill Treasury, Steve speaks with David Sylvester, a financial writer at the San Jose Mercury News. Sylvester has been following the aftermath of O'Neill's announcement and how Western businesses are reacting to the possible shift in policies.

Demand grows among Boston parishioners for Cardinal Bernard Law to step down from the Catholic Archdiocese. Protestors may have kept Law away from Mass today. WBUR's Monica Brady-Myerov reports.

President Bush signs executive orders to help religious groups get federal money for charitable activities. The move advances the president's so-called "faith-based initiatives" while bypassing Congress. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

The Global Relief Foundation continues to mount a strong defense against Justice Department charges the Islamic charity is corrupt. It was one of three charities whose assets were frozen last year in an effort to choke the funding of terrorists. NPR's John Burnett reports.

A new off-Broadway play is all about hats -- sort of. Based on a book of photos by photographer Michael Cunningham and journalist Craig Marberry, Crowns tells the story of six African-American women through the hats they wear to church. On Weekend Edition Saturday, Jeff Lunden reports. Online, view a photo gallery of costume sketches for the play.

A 12-day-old general strike in Venezuela turns violent again as supporters and critics of President Hugo Chavez battle in Caracas. Detractors say Chavez has impoverished the country. The leftist leader fired four dissident oil executives Thursday, increasing tensions. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

NPR's Jack Speer reports President Bush is naming former Goldman Sachs investment banker Stephen Friedman as his top economics adviser. Friedman is being appointed to the White House job despite an aggressive campaign to torpedo his candidacy by some conservative Republicans.

Robert Siegel and Michele Norris read from some of this week's letters.

NPR's David Welna reports on the latest developments about Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott. Today, President Bush weighed in on the matter for the first time, saying that Lott's comments -- which seemingly endorsed the views held by Strom Thurmond when Thurmond ran for president on a segregationist platform in 1948 -- were "offensive" and "wrong." Mr. Bush made his comments before an enthusiastic Philadelphia audience made up of many minorities. But the President refused to ask for Lott's resignation as leader.