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Jerry Douglas has played the dobro — a type of slide guitar — on over 1,000 albums. He tells of falling in love with the sound of the dobro even before he knew what it was.

The mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota recently visited Laotian Hmong refugees who are living illegally on the grounds of a famous Buddhist temple in Thailand. His visit precedes the opening of a U.S. refugee resettlement program for the Hmong who are unable to return to Laos and unwelcome in Thailand. Doualy Xaykaothao reports.

Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe says his forces will lay down their weapons, reversing after just one day his declaration that he is the country's military chief. With former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in exile, there is no functioning government in Haiti. Forces from the United States and other countries continue to arrive, now numbering over 1,000. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

The first official commercials for President Bush's re-election campaign appear Thursday on cable television in more than a dozen states. The ads, in English and Spanish, emphasize Bush's leadership, the war on terrorism and the economy, but they don't mention his all-but-official Democratic opponent, Sen. John Kerry. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

They're not tapes anymore, but DJs still make them and still sell them. While the official industry position would seem to indicate that these unofficial remixes are illegal, rap labels have always tacitly condoned mix tapes because they help promote new artists. Jon Kalish reports.

NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Bruce Bartlett, senior analyst with the National Center for Policy Analysis, about the federal deficit. Bartlett says it is a problem, but Americans won't likely hear about from either party until after the elections because the only way to solve it is with a tax hike.

Daniel Pinkwater, champion of children's literature for Weekend Edition, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodore Giesel, a.k.a Dr. Seuss. Pinkwater reads an excerpt from the very first Seuss book: And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street.

NASA scientists say evidence collected by the Mars rover Opportunity provides the best evidence yet that water once flowed on Mars. Rock samples analyzed by Opportunity suggest Mars once held enough water to sustain conditions for life. Hear NPR's Joe Palca.

Sen. John Edwards withdraws from the Democratic presidential race after failing to win any of the 10 state contests on Super Tuesday. The North Carolina senator is now being mentioned as a potential running mate for likely Democratic nominee John Kerry. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Adam Hochberg.

Rock historian Ed Ward looks back at the Jefferson Airplane. Their first four albums have just been re-mastered and re-released.