Week # Air Date, 1/21/2005

Segment #1 (4:22)

Latino USA's Lakshmi Singh reports on the controversy caused when a longtime Washington, D.C. radio station suddenly switched to reach the growing Latino audience.

Segment #2 (3:45)

Latino USA's Alex Avila reports on a soldier-politician who made history in Texas by appointing his wife to serve in his elected office while he's on active duty.

Segment #3 (4:29)

NPR's John Burnett reports on roadside crosses seen throughout highways of the western part of the country, which some states are now regulating.

Segment #4 (6:58)

Contributor Steven Cuevas profiles Mexican composer Manuel Ponce, who many consider the father of Mexican classical music.