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NPR's Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Eric Westervelt, with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division. He says that despite sand storms, the division moved quickly into place today at an undisclosed location about 4 km from the Kuwait-Iraq border. Troops have been told that they most likely are going to combat soon.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews new albums from The Buzzcocks and Paul Weller, the frontman from the band The Jam. The album titles are Buzzcocks and Illumination.

It was around midnight 75 years ago that Southern California suffered one of the worst disasters in the state's history -- the collapse of an immense dam that sent a deadly wall of water in a 54-mile swath to the Pacific Ocean. Nearly 500 people died, and it ended the career of one of the architects of the modern city of Los Angeles. See photos of the dam before the disaster and the ruins after the walls fell.

The snow is melting, flocks of birds are returning to their summer homes, and folks are drinking green beer... Spring is in the air! That calls for another blast of annoying music, courtesy of Jim Nayder, exclusive consultant on music of mass destruction for NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday. Listen to four truly awful recordings, and hear more seasonally bad music.

Research suggests more than 1.1 million teens need treatment for drug abuse. Only one in 10 get help. Experts in the field acknowledge that effective treatment for teens is difficult to find, hard to obtain, and often unaffordable. In a two-part series, NPR examines challenges and pitfalls for teens on the road to recovery. NPR's Joseph Shapiro followed one 16-year-old and the counselor who's helping him get his life back on track.

Anti-war protests are held around the world, including more than 100 U.S. cities and towns. A large and diverse crowd rallies for peace in Washington, D.C., even as President Bush lays the ground for an attack on Iraq. Hear NPR's Lynn Neary and NPR's Janet Babin.

NPR's regular program schedule was pre-empted by NPR News Special Coverage of the war in Iraq. Audio for the day beginning at noon ET is available at the link below.

President Bush returned from his one day trip across the Atlantic last night, and this morning the White House announced he would address the nation tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The president is expected to give Saddam Hussein one last chance to leave Iraq, with the promise of military action to follow should he not leave. NPR's Melissa Block talks with NPR's Brian Naylor at the White House.

Jazz critic Kevin Whithead reviews Humidity, the new CD by drummer Matt Wilson.

The Supreme Court refuses to hear a case questioning the government's wiretapping authority. The American Civil Liberties Union had asked the court to review a ruling by a secret appeals court that expanded the government's powers to search and surveil in terror and espionage investigations. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.