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Efforts to make crossing streets safer for the seeing-impaired in Baltimore, Maryland have upset some advocates for the blind. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Vermont poet David Budbill, who reads from his book, Moment To Moment: Poems Of A Mountain Recluse. Budbill's "recluse" is Judevine Mountain, named after the mountain on which Budbill lives. (www.coppercanyonpress.or

In the first of an occasional series, host Lisa Simeone and word guru Richard Lederer disect the language pet peeves of, like, listeners.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Tom Tucker of Alexandria, Virginia, about the tradition of Shape-Note singing. Tucker is chairman of "The 2001 Potomac River Sacred Harp Singing Convention" taking place this weekend in Virginia. For more information, contact the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (www.fsgw.org or call 1-202-546-2228). Shape-Note singing in the United States dates back to the 1700s, first taking hold in New England and migrating to the South. It is a style of singing designed for people who are not musically trained.

NPR Science Correspondent David Kestenbaum reports on a new technology that will affect how companies advertise.

Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham talks with host Lisa Simeone about her career, including what it's like to be the woman doing the "trouser roles" in opera.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara previews Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's visit to the United States. Mubarak is the first Arab leader to visit the new administration. He'll meet today at the State Department with Secretary Powell and at the White House with President Bush. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.N. sanctions against Iraq are expected to dominate the discussions.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports from Washington, D.C., about this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize recipients, Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The two have been friends since childhood.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade, where former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic is maintaining his innocence after surrendering to troops over the weekend. Milosevic is being held on corruption charges that include stealing from the treasury, but not for the human rights violations he was indicted for by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Savannah, Georgia, on a plan to dredge the Savannah River Harbor to accommodate larger cargo vessels. Supporters of the $230-million project say the benefits of a deeper harbor would offset the cost. Critics are concerned about the environmental effects of dredging the river, including the potential harm to fisheries and migratory birds.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on a program in Chicago that's using public libraries to unite divided communities and bring economic growth to forgotten neighborhoods. Several other cities are now following suit, strategically planting new libraries to help revitalize struggling areas.

Open enrollment for the health care marketplace lasts until Jan. 15. But if people want coverage on Jan. 1, they must be enrolled by Dec. 15.

Sports commentator John Feinstein talks to host Bob Edwards about last night's NCAA championship basketball game between Duke and Arizona State.

NPR's Neda Ulaby reports on Before Outsider Art, She Was In: A new exhibition that brings together the most popular works by Anna Mary Robertson, known as Grandma Moses. The artist died in 1961 at age 101.

The U.S. welcomes the visit with crew members and says this incident will have a diplomatic solution, not a military one. However the U.S. is not prepared to apologize, or stop reconnaissance flights as China has demanded. NPR's Tom Gjelten has the story from the Pentagon.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports on the opening of the nation's first Transgender Center. The facility will support people dealing with transsexual issues.

Commentator Russell Roberts says if President Bush wants to convince Americans of the need for his tax cut, he should rent an old Marx Brothers movie and brush up on Groucho's sales-pitch.

Kate Seelye reports from Amman, Jordan, on the ongoing Arab Summit. Leaders are trying to overcome a schism in the Arab world created by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and to agree to support Palestinians in Israel.

NPR's Richard Gonzales brings us up to date on the energy crunch that is creating serious problems for the biggest state economy.

We hear opinions from some Californians about the approval of higher electricity prices.

Detroit winced today when it learned fewer than a million people were counted as living in the city. The census results are a blow to both civic pride and Detroit's budget. Some say the numbers only catch the Motor City making a big U-turn toward vitality, as Quinn Klinefelter from member station WDET reports.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling that penalized operators of an anti-abortion website for listing the names of abortion doctors. The appeals court said the threat to the doctors was not explicit enough to justify censure.

A U.S. District Court judge has ordered the University of Michigan to stop considering race as a factor in its admissions. Robert Siegel talks about the case with Jeffrey Rosen, associate professor of law at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on today's arguments before the Supreme Court on whether states may legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes, despite federal laws against it.

Host Renee Montagne speaks with Josef Joffe, editor of Die Zeit about how President Bush's foreign policy plan is being perceived in Europe.