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Six months after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is celebrating Mardi Gras. The celebration this year is as lively as ever, but smaller. There are four fewer days, six fewer carnival krewes and every parade has to use the same route.

Consumer Confidence in Florida hit at post-recession high this month. The monthly survey out of the University of Florida asks residents things like: Is…

Next week, Deputy Director of Intelligence Jami Miscik will step down. Her departure marks the completion of an almost total overhaul of CIA senior staff since the arrival of new Director Porter Goss.

President Bush nominates Jim Nicholson as secretary for Veterans Affairs, after the retirement of Anthony Principi. Nicholson is a Vietnam vet and former chairman of the Republican National Committee. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

The question before voters in Kansas is whether to add an amendment to the state constitution that would say there is no right to an abortion there.

Rachel Martin has an update on last week's story from Oxford University, where students called for a controversial statue to be removed.

President Bush announces Michael Leavitt as his choice for secretary of Health and Human Services, replacing Tommy Thompson. Leavitt, a former governor of Utah, is now administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and was not among the expected choices. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik has withdrawn as President Bush's nominee to head the Homeland Security Department. Kerik cited questions about the immigration status of a housekeeper/nanny he employed. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Don Gonyea.

NPR's Libby Lewis talks with NPR's Noah Adams about the U.S. Senate hearing Friday that hints at willingness by lawmakers to look at ways to reorganize the nation's intelligence operations in light of last week's 9-11 Commission report.

After more than 500 days in prison , Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian was freed, along with 4 others. Renee Montagne talks to Washington Post editor Marty Baron, who is in Germany with Rezaian.