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In 1955, Jet magazine published photographs of the mutilated body of 14-year-old Chicago resident Emmett Till, who was brutally murdered in Mississippi. Many civil rights activists say seeing those pictures both haunted and inspired them. NPR's Noah Adams reports on the decision to publish the photos and the wide-ranging effect they had.

U.S. officials confirm the FBI is investigating whether Ahmad Chalabi told Iranian agents that the United States had broken their country's communications code. Chalabi, a formerly exiled Iraqi leader now back in Baghdad, provided the United States with details, now discredited, about Saddam Hussein's weapons program. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

The Los Angeles police force is notoriously understaffed -- compared to New York City, it has half the number of cops per resident. So the LAPD is increasingly turning to a corps of middle-aged men and women, who essentially volunteer for duty. Unlike reservists in other cities, being a reservist in Los Angeles is "full duty," with uniforms, guns and confrontations with bad guys. NPR's Mandalit del Barco recently spent a day with reservists at the Los Angeles Police Academy as they trained to keep their policing skills sharp -- see photos of their training.

For readers without the time to read all 957 pages of former President Bill Clinton's new memoir, we've got the juicy bits mapped out. Slate deputy Washington, D.C., bureau chief Chris Suellentrop takes NPR's Madeleine Brand on quick trip through My Life.

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about Wednesday's vote by the Securities and Exchange Commission on several proposals to crack down on abuses in the $7-trillion mutual fund industry.

Saudi Arabian authorities are searching for three men accused of staging an attack on a compound that houses major Western oil firms. The Saudis say the men are suspected to have links to al Qaeda. Twenty-two people died during the two-day siege in Khobar, which ended when Saudi security forces stormed the building and freed several dozen hostages. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Rashid Hussein, Saudi correspondent for the Pakistani newspaper, The Dawn.

There's the biographical ad, the negative attack, and the counterattack. For all the money that's spent on them, political ads are remarkably simple compared to their commercial cousins. How do candidates choose their ads and which ones are effective? Join NPR's Neal Conan for a guide to what you can expect this campaign year. Guests: Joshua Green *Senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly *Author of Dumb and Dumber: Why are Campaign Commercials so Bad? John Brabender *Chief creative officer of Brabender Cox Kathleen Hall Jamieson *Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania *Author of several books on politics and advertising, including The 2000 Presidential Election and the Foundations of Party Politics

Former President Bill Clinton signed his new book at a Harlem bookstore Tuesday, and was greeted like a rock star. NPR's Allison Keyes reports.

Farm subsidies have been the topic of debate for some time among farmers. Critics say the benefits make the rich farmers richer, while putting smaller farms out of business. Commentator Antonio Gonzalez talks to NPR's Tavis Smiley about the problem.

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to Sandra Dibble of The San Diego Tribune about Tuesday's murder of journalist Francisco Ortiz Franco in the sprawling border city of Tijuana, Mexico. Ortiz Franco was a founding editor of Zeta, a weekly magazine known for investigating drug trafficking and corruption.