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In what has become the deadliest shooting at a U.S. college campus, more than 20 people are dead after a gunman fired on people at a Virginia Tech dorm and classroom. The shooter is also said to have died.

Thousands of lawyers and political activists demonstrated on the streets of Pakistan's capital Islamabad today over the suspension of the country's chief justice of the Supreme Court. They called for the country's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf to re-instate the judge and restore democracy to Pakistan.

U.S. Marines have reportedly halted street-to-street battles with insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. But despite a unilateral U.S. call for a truce, skirmishes continue there and in several other Iraqi cities on the first anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Iraqi security forces raid the town of Madaen, near Baghdad, seeking to free a large number of Shiite hostages. More than 100 hostages were reportedly taken by Sunni militants.

A new truce has been announced that may end the U.S. siege of Fallujah. Marine commanders say their forces will pull back, and an Iraqi unit led by one of Saddam Hussein's former generals will take over the city. Clashes between the Marines and insurgents were reported soon after the plan was announced. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Philip Reeves.

Heinz has a new combination of ketchup and ranch dressing: Kranch.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ted Henken, professor of Latin American studies at Baruch College, CUNY, about Airbnb's entry into Cuba.

Last year it was announced that Gloria Gaynor's disco anthem "I Will Survive" made it into the National Recording Registry. Now, she will perform the hit tune at the Library of Congress.

Today on the show, how a New Hampshire hotel filled with boozing economists saved the global economy.

Special guests from the NPR Music team join All Songs Considered this week to share some of their favorite releases from April.