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Commentator Meg Barnhouse remembers saving some flowers that were "in danger." They have reappeared.

NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports that the Bush administration is trying to decide whether to fight Democrats over the use of the American Bar Association to screen judicial nominees. The administration would like to eliminate this step in the nomination process, though it's been done since the days of President Eisenhower.

NPR's Renee Montagne reports on a new exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. It features toys made by impoverished children in third-world countries.

Mike Schmit from Markesan, Wis., grew a pumpkin weighing over 2,500 pounds. But the pumpkin, which was the biggest one in the running, was disqualified because of a fingernail-sized crack.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports on the good news and bad news for Medicare. The good news is experts believe the program will remain solvent for an additional four years. The bad news is that though both Congress and the White House have pledged to reform Medicare, the task remains a monumental one. And as more baby boomers edge toward retirement, the longer lawmakers wait to act, the more difficult reform may become.

Financial markets waited until early afternoon to see just how much the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates. But as NPR's Jack Speer reports, the half-point cut announced by Fed Chair Alan Greenspan disappointed Wall Street. This is the third time the Fed has cut interest rates this year.

NPR's Susan Stamberg continues her series on loyalty with a report on Aaron Feuerstein, the owner of a Massachusetts clothing mill. He considers the needs of employees to be a fundamental part of important business decisions.

NPR's Robert Smith continues Morning Edition's literacy series by visiting two classrooms -- both with children with outstanding reading skills, but with radically different teaching approaches.

Russell Lewis of member station KPBS reports on the U.S. Navy's civilian ride-along program. The visitors aboard the USS Greeneville when it struck a Japanese fishing boat last month were participating in the program. Since last month's collision, the Navy has made some changes to its guest policy in the interest of safety.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Hersch Goodman of the Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies. They discuss Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to the White House today.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the Federal Reserve's consideration of an additional interest rate cut in hopes of curbing the economic slowdown.

Over the past few years, employees of high-tech firms in the San Francisco Bay Area have watched the value of their stock portfolios soar. Many of those workers are Generation X'ers who've never known a bear market. NPR's Elaine Korry sat down with three young investors to find out how they are riding out the downturn in the market.

From member station KPBS, Scott Horsley reports on what today may bring in California's ongoing energy crisis. Yesterday, Californians saw rolling black-outs for the first time in more than two months.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on a group of mid-western farmers coming to Washington D.C. to lobby for government price supports for their crops. Many farmers opted out of the support in the late 1990's, but now say the decline of Asian markets is forcing them to ask for government help again.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Richard Allen, National Security Adviser under President Ronald Reagan, about the tape recordings he made in the White House Situation Room the day President Ronald Reagan was shot. Most every top administration official was in the room that day, and the tapes provide a rare glimpse of their private conversations about who was in charge, whether the assassination attempt was part of a conspiracy, and what to do about Soviet subs closer than usual to U.S. shores. Next week marks the 20th anniversary of the attempt on Reagan's life. This interview is the first of two parts.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from northwest Macedonia that army tanks today began shelling positions held by ethnic Albanian rebels in the hills over Tetovo. The government tonight gave the rebels 24 hours to clear out of the hills -- or face an all-out assault. In the capital, Skopje, the European Union's security chief, Javier Solana, warned the rebels they would achieve nothing by force. The rebels said they were prepared to negotiate, but vowed to continue fighting if the government refuses to grant the Albanian community greater civil rights.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Murray Weiss, criminal justice editor for the New York Post newspaper about Abraham Abdallah, a bus buy who is suspected of stealing millions of dollars from such famous people as Steven Spielberg and Michael Bloomberg.

Commentator and high school junior Thessaly La Force says it's still pretty easy for a teenager to keep her life a secret from her parents. In addition to feeling she has too much independence, she thinks kids only tell other kids their closest secrets because it's too big a risk to tell an adult.

Kathy Witkowsky reports that lung damage may be much greater than expected for residents of Libby, MT. Residents were exposed to asbestos from a local mine --and recent health reports indicate even people with no direct contact with the mining operations have sustained asbestos-related lung damage.

Congress recently repealed a set of rules governing repetitive motion in the workplace -- rules put in place during the final days of the Clinton administration. Congress did that by invoking a 1996 law that allows the review of federal regulations within the first months after they are imposed by the executive branch. Now some members of Congress want to use the same power to review some of President Bush's rules changes, specifically as they apply to abortion. NPR's David Welna reports.

Alan Cheuse reviews Gabriel's Story by David Anthony Durham. It's the story of runaway black youths in the great American West of the 1870s. The book is published by Doubleday.

Alex and Mitch talk and talk and talk, and then they drive and drive and drive. Even for this show, it's just terrible.

After a five-day struggle to save it, a 40-story-high oil rig sank today off the coast of Brazil with 400,000 gallons of crude oil and diesel fuel on board. Last Thursday, 10 people died when gas explosions damaged the rig. Now officials are trying to prevent an environmental disaster. Noah Adams talks with reporter Tom Gibb.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Cumbria in Northern England, the region hardest hit by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Farmers are challenging the government's insistence on slaughtering all animals within two miles of infected sites. With "Keep Out" signs posted throughout the English countryside, the outbreak has caused huge losses in the tourism industry, as well. The government has deployed army troops to help dispose of the animal carcasses that have been piling up.

American Lori Berenson begins her retrial on terrorism charges in connection with a leftist guerilla plot to seize Peru's Congress. Berenson was originally sentenced to life by a military tribunal five years ago. The retrial comes after the United States complained about a lack of due process in the first trial. Claire Marshall reports from Lima.