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The Tacoma, Wash., gun store that once owned the rifle linked to the Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks is unable to account for 340 guns once in its inventory, The Seattle Times reports. Hear former ATF agent William Vizzard. Oct. 30, 2002.

SEC chief Harvey Pitt resists calls to resign. Democrats question Pitt's handling of ex-FBI and CIA Director William Webster, whose nomination to head an accounting oversight board is under a cloud. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq are on two-day hiatus while Muslims celebrate the end of the Ramadan holy month. But this weekend -- when the feasting and partying ends -- Iraq must present the U.N. with an accounting of its weapons programs. NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Baghdad.

President Bush sends Congress a 2004 budget totaling $2.23 trillion, with the largest increases going to defense and homeland security. The budget assumes a new round of tax cuts, but doesn't account for a possible Iraq war. The proposal also includes the largest deficit in America's history -- more than $300 billion. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

The SEC takes up several proposals aimed at restoring investor confidence, approving new rules governing the relationship between accounting firms and the companies they audit. Commissioners will also vote on a rule requiring mutual fund companies to reveal how they vote on shareholder disputes. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Frank talks to writer and former priest James Carroll, whose new book, Constantine's Sword; The Church and the Jews, explores the role of the Catholic church in anti-Semitism. From gospel accounts of the crucifixion of Jesus, to Emperor Constantine's transformation of the cross into a sword, and through the Holocaust, Carroll illustrates the points of conflict -- and common ground -- between Jews and Catholics. (The book is published by Houghton Mifflin, Co.)

An investigative reporter for The New York Times, Christopher Drew has been on the ground in New Orleans and provides a firsthand account of the situation he witnessed in the Superdome and the streets of the flooded city.

On Wednesday, demonstrators are coming to Washington to urge helping black farmers, many of whom were left out of an Agriculture Department settlement. A recent study by the Government Accountability Office noted problems, but the USDA shows no inclination to revisit the claim.

They spent three years combing Louisiana's swampy woods with drones, cameras and audio recorders. They've got grainy photos and eyewitness accounts. The bird hasn't been definitively seen since 1944.

Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba's testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee emphasized his opinion that a breakdown in military command led to the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Some senators are wondering how high up accountability should go. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.