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This week, Chicago's O'Hare airport joins New York's LaGuardia airport in a test of a new weather prediction system that's designed to keep ice off planes in the air and on the ground. Aviation experts say it will keep planes flying on time and improve safety too. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.

America West paves new ground in cost-cutting. The airline will serve food on flights -- from snacks to hot dinners -- but customers will have to pay for it. NPR's Janet Babin reports.

In an expected vote in the Senate Wednesday, 30 of the 45 Democrats plan to oppose the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as the next attorney general. Democrats accuse Gonzales of having played a leading role in providing legal grounds for the torture of foreign detainees.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dismisses claims the United States was unprepared for the ground war in Iraq and says there will be no delay in the push toward Baghdad. NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tom Ricks of The Washington Post.

After a day's journey, the casket of President Ronald Wilson Reagan arrives on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. An official ceremony will mark the start of a period when Reagan's body will lie in state in the Rotunda, in the building's center. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

WPLN's Blake Farmer in Nashville discusses how that optimism among investors is translating on the ground in American cities.

-Daniel speaks with Melinda Pruett-Jones, curator of the primate collection at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois where a young boy fell into the gorilla enclosure. Before rescuers could reach the boy an eight year old female gorilla cradled the boy in her arms and placed him gently on the ground in front of the enclosure door.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that the Federal Aviation Administration today released tape recordings of communication between air controllers in Miami and the crew of the Valujet plane that crashed May 11 in the Everglades. The tapes don't contain any new revelations about the crash, but record the last converstations between the crew and the ground.

that has forced millions of people to flee to higher ground.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that the market has made a strong comeback in the last two weeks...with the Dow recovering much of the ground it lost during the month of July. The comeback in the Nasdaq market hasn't been as pronounced, but even there analysts are impressed with the equity market's resilience.