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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says talks with North Korea might occur "at an appropriate time." Observers note that the latest remarks, made Saturday, did not mention preconditions the Bush administration has been insisting upon. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Rob Gifford.

Amid the blizzard of new ads coming on Super Bowl Sunday, Sony tries a new approach. The company will try to sell its electronics products with an ad featuring singer Alana Davis -- and urge viewers to download Davis's version of the Crosby, Stills classic "Carry On" from the Internet for 99 cents. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

Political films are still being produced and the Sundance festival is still a leader in presenting them. Masked and Anonymous, starring Bob Dylan, and the documentary The Weather Underground are two examples. David D'Arcy reports.

A correction of one item from a Jan. 18, 2003, profile of American sculptor Elizabeth Catlett, who's made her life in Mexico. We correctly reported that she's returning to the U.S. to receive an award, but we misidentified the award. The International Scupture Society is giving Catlett a Lifetime Achievement Award.

All Things Considered Ethicist Randy Cohen stops by once again to sort out listeners' messy lives. Today, Inskeep and Cohen debate the ethics of tattoos. Also, hear a discussion about how to make your own ethical decisions.

When CBS announced that it was going to remake The Beverly Hillbillies as a reality show, many Appalachian groups complained that they were being trivialized. Member station WMRA's Martha Woodroof reports.

NPR's Ron Elving profiles Sen. Don Nickles (R-OK), the new chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, who will have a critical role in helping President Bush try to get his budget through Congress. Nickles has been in the Senate since the early years of the Reagan presidency. Sen. Nickles has made elimination of the estate tax a top priority.

Thousands of protesters attack the French embassy in Ivory Coast after African leaders, meeting in Paris, seal an agreement to end a four-month civil war in the West African nation. The protesters say the peace deal gives too much power to Ivory Coast rebels. NPR's Nick Spicer reports.

A Spanish judge orders 16 al Qaeda suspects arrested on Friday to remain in the government's custody. Police say they found chemicals, detonators and other electronic bomb components in searches of their homes. Jerome Socolovsky reports.

Host Steve Inskeep checks in on other developing stories.