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Dan Perkins, aka Tom Tomorrow, penned the cartoon above in 1994 for Spin magazine. At the time, the cartoon might have seemed a little hysterical. Remember, this was pre-warrantless-wiretapping ...

Highlights of a turbulent week include rage at cartoons of the prophet Muhammad ... a deal on the USA Patriot Act; and the Katrina response. This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News.

As attorney general, Gonzales has adopted a different style than his predecessor, John Ashcroft, who rejected proposed changes to the Patriot Act. In hearings on the act held shortly after he took ...