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Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about the battle for media attention between President Bush and former President Clinton. Clinton is busy dealing with attacks on his pardon of fugitive Marc Rich, while Bush is trying to gain approval for his tax-cut program.

NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on an exhibition of Steinway pianos that belonged to legendary pianists Vladimir Horowitz and Van Cliburn. The tour begins a month-long engagement in Cleveland today.

Host Bob Edwards shares listener comments in our weekly letters segment.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that a new study has found that some types of fisheries may actually lead to a net loss of available food. The report bases its findings on the fact than some types of fish, including salmon, eat four times as much food as they eventually yield.

Jason Bezis, a law student at the University of California at Berkeley, has always harbored a special appreciation for our first president. He wants the nation to refer to our annual Februrary federal holiday by its given name: Washington's Birthday.

Seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt died yesterday in a car crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

An estimated 15,000 convicts in nearly two dozen prisons in Brazil rioted yesterday in what appeared to be a well-coordinated effort. Host Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Martin Kaste about the latest developments.

The Flint Hills in central Kansas are covered by tallgrass prairies that once spread across much of the Midwest. Now 11,000 acres of that land are being set aside as a national preserve. Matt Hackworth of member station KCUR in Kansas City reports.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Kari Watkins, executive director of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. President Bush is scheduled to speak today at the opening of the new museum, the third component of the National Memorial.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Richard Atkinson, president of the the University of California system, about his push to ban the SAT as an admission requirement for UC schools. Atkinson hopes to replace the aptitude test with a test based on curriculum.

Jody Becker of Chicago Public Radio reports on the challenge public schools in Chicago face in teaching a small population of American Indian students - with sensitivity and smartness.

William H. Masters - of Masters and Johnson - did much in his work to take the guilt and angst out of sex in American life. He died friday at the age of 85. NPR's John Burnett reports.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that he doubts the U.S. economy will fall into a recession. Greenspan believes consumer spending will not be enough to avoid a slowdown, but it will keep the economy growing. NPR's John Ydstie reports.

Commentator Ev Ehrlich wonders how much credit Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan should get for the moods of the economy.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Admiral William Owens about President Bush's intention to overhaul the U.S. military. Admiral Owens is the former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and author of Lifting the Fog of War.

Andrea Bernstein of member station WNYC in New York reports that former President Bill Clinton is rebounding in local public opinion after announcing new plans to place his office in Harlem.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on President Bush's visit yesterday to a military reserve installation. Mr. Bush is emphasizing the important role of the reserves in national defense and calling for modernization and an increase in soldiers' pay.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports that organized labor is adopting a wait-and-see attitude toward the new Bush Administration. Unions may get an indication of the administration's intentions when Labor Secretary Elaine Chao addresses the AFL-CIO today in Los Angeles.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on today's Senate hearing on former President Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich.

Micah Beals has been charged with criminal mischief in connection with the Oct. 3 incident. Under a stage name, he's played minor roles in television shows like "Parks and Recreation" and "CSI: NY."

It's the end of the assembly line - literally - for Britain's three-wheeled cars. The last Reliant Robin was produced today in London. NoahAdams talks with Graham Chapell, National Secretary of the Reliant Owners Club in Sheffield, England.

Wisconsin has established a 50-mile-per-hour nighttime speed limit for snowmobiles. Noah Adams talks with Karl Brooks, Snowmobile and ATV Administrator for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Law Enforcement in Madison, Wis., about the state's reasons.

Susanna Capelouto of Georgia Public Radio reports that the deaths of teen-agers on Georgia highways, particularly around Atlanta, has state lawmakers concerned.

Linda Wertheimer talks with ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz, a former defense correspondent for NPR. Raddatz describes what it was like when she was allowed to sit at the controls of a U.S. Navy submarine.