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President Bush appears at the White House with interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to emphasize Iraq's progress toward security and democracy. The two leaders touted improvements and vowed to make the elections happen on time. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry accuses President Bush of "colossal failures of judgment" in Iraq. Kerry's speech at New York University came one day before Bush's scheduled address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

The Sept. 11 commission concludes that while the United States has made strides in fighting terrorism, the nation is not yet safe from new attacks. Among the reforms proposed in the panel's 567-page final report is the creation of a national intelligence director. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

The Cassini probe's mission to Saturn yields more dazzling images and scientific information from the ringed planet. Among Saturday's highlights are photos of Saturn's moon Titan, a celestial body shrouded in mist. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook and Trina Ray, an astronomer on the Cassini mission.

Shortly after the Cassini spacecraft fired its rocket and entered orbit around Saturn late Wednesday night, the craft turned its cameras down to peer at Saturn's rings. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

One day before the Sept. 11 commission's report becomes public, the body's leaders brief members of Congress and key members of President Bush's staff. Commissioners gave Congress advance word of some of their recommendations, but not an advance look at the entire report. NPR's David Welna reports.

Geologic pressures force ancient layers of rock above ground, exposing their cargo of fossils. Paleontologist Kirk Johnson and artist Ray Troll search the western United States for fossils and chronicle their finds in a new book, Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway.

Dr. Marcia Angell is the author of The Truth About Drug Companies. Angell, former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, disputes drug firms' claims that prices are high because profits are used for research and development. Hear Angell and NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

Lou Dobbs, the host of CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight," discusses his new book Independents Day, which addresses issues he sees as significant factors in the 2008 election cycle. Dobbs also responds to criticism that his style of delivering the news — often infused with strong personal opinions — is too much for some to digest.

Performance Today host Fred Child highlights yMusic, a piano duo and the Emerson String Quartet.