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March 22nd is annual World Water Day, a tradition started by the United Nations in the early 1990s. "Every 20 seconds," says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, "A child dies as a result of the abysmal sanitation conditions endured by some 2.6 billion people globally."

Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are campaigning in Pennsylvania, site of Tuesday's big primary vote. Obama also visited North Carolina, which holds its primary on May 6. A majority of voters said they now see Obama as having a better chance of winning the White House, according to a new AP-Yahoo News poll.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes sweeping changes that will extend health coverage to nearly all of California's 6.5 million uninsured. The governor's health plan is one of the most extensive overhauls since the failed effort by President Clinton more than a decade ago.

The government's September jobs report came in weaker than expected, but the unemployment rate fell a notch, to 4.6 percent. The Labor Department says businesses added 51,000 jobs to their payrolls last month. The new report also included an admission that the government understated job creation during the 12 months from March 2005 to March 2006 by 810,000 positions.

For maximum effect, Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians" should be heard in its entirety, in order to capture the full complement of drama, color and urgency. But to dive right in, head straight for Section 6, where the patterns are as thick, colorful and confusing an exquisitely woven Persian carpet.

An upstate New York couple was chosen from 800 applicants to move to one of Scotland's remotest islands, Fair Isle. After six months on the island, they and their 6-year-old son love their new life among the sheep and seabirds.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Julia Wheeler of Kansas City, M.O., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KQED listener Marcus Ewert and puzzle master Will Shortz.

A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada.

Rescue efforts continue in the city of Tainan, where a magnitude 6.4 quake struck early Saturday. News services report two of the dead are a baby and an adult man. Some 120,000 are without power.