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The new Todd Haynes film Far from Heaven stars Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, and Dennis Haysbert. It recreates the look and feel of a 1950s Hollywood melodrama. But NPR Film Critic Bob Mondello says that although the director was paying direct homage to films such as Imitation of Life and All That Heaven Allows he's added enough to the mix to make it feel startlingly original.

Commentator and former CBS-TV anchor Walter Cronkite tells of his firsthand experience on this date 60 years ago as American forces landed in North Africa to fight Germany during the Second World War. He was a wire service reporter on a Navy vessel at the time. We hear CBS broadcasts by John Daly from the time.

Police departments around the country could have discovered possible connections between the Washington-area sniper shootings and other killings much sooner if they had been fully utilizing a national crime database. Robert Siegel talks about this with John Timoney, Chief Executive Officer of Beau, Dietl & Associates. Timoney was formerly Police Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department.

Just days after being appointed by Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura to temporarily fill the seat of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, Dean Barkley arrives in Washington to assume his duties. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Sen. Barkley.

The U.N. Security Council unanimously passes a resolution demanding that Iraq disarm and ordering new weapons inspections. The U.N.'s 60-day timeline for inspections could delay possible U.S. military action against Iraq. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara and Tom Gjelten.

Cleanup efforts are underway after more than 70 tornadoes kill at least 35 people, injure dozens and destroy towns across five states. In Morgan County, Tenn., two tornadoes killed at least seven people and leaving dozens of families homeless. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

The son of a military veteran convinces Hallmark to "care enough to send the very best."

The frontier is long gone, but the American West clings to some of its roots. Morning Edition presents a series of profiles of people who are inspired by the region's landscape, resources and culture. The series begins with Yvon Chouinard, a reluctant businessman who heads Patagonia, the outdoor clothing and gear outfitter.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets this week in Washington, D.C. Topping the agenda is the issue of Vatican-inspired revisions to the charter against sexual abuse that the bishops signed in Dallas last June. NPR's Duncan Moon reports.

NPR's Nick Spicer reports from Brussels, where Russian president Vladimir Putin met today with NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, as well as with leaders of the European Union. The public statements at both NATO and the EU were conciliatory, and Russia and the EU even resolved a long-standing dispute over the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. But the meetings were clouded by controversy over Chechnya. Protesters demonstrated against Russia's war in the breakaway republic, and EU officials indicated the issue was a topic of debate in their meetings.