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NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that the 2000 census data shows that white people no longer hold the majority in California. In fact, there is no ethnic majority in that state, and demographers say this could be the future of other regions of the U.S. (3:56) For more, check out NPR News coverage of the 2000 census.

Host Renee Montagne talks with NPR's Rob Gifford in Beijing. The Chinese government is holding another person they accuse of spying for the U.S. government, and this person is an American citizen.

NPR's David Molpus reports on a new style of doing business--no office, no meeting rooms, and co-workers only see each other a few times a year. This is the "virtual" company, and it allows its tele-commuting employees almost total freedom. These virtual businesses may be starting a trend that could forever change the traditional office setting.

NPR's David Welna reports that the House passed a bill to cut taxes for most married couples. Abolishing this so-called marriage penalty is part of the president's tax-cut plan.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that some businesses in California are demanding that power suppliers warn them when they will be hit with a black-out.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Marc Levin, Daphne Pinkerson, and Daniel Voll, the producers of a new documentary on HBO titled Soldiers in the Army of God. The film documents a year in the life of three men involved in the violent fringe of America's anti-abortion movement. The men say the killing of abortion providers is justifiable because it protects the lives of unborn children. Renee's interview comes one day after anti-abortion activist James Kopp was arrested in Europe. Kopp -- one of the FBI's most wanted -- is suspected of killing Barnett Slepian, a doctor who provided abortions in Buffalo, New York. The documentary airs Sunday night on HBO.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on a new Federal Trade Commission study into the responsibility of oil companies for the exceptionally high Midwestern gasoline prices last summer. The FTC concludes that the oil industry did not take illegal collective action to drive gasoline prices upward, but that individual companies did limit refinery production to maximize prices. In Chicago, Milwaukee, and other parts of the Midwest, prices at the pump exceeded $2 a gallon.

NPR's Peter Overby reports from Washington, D.C., about the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform bill. After years of being blocked by partisan politics, McCain-Feingold may finally pass, effectively changing the rules of political fundraising. (4:01) For more NPR News coverage on the issue, check out Money, Power & Influence.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports from Beira, in Northern Mozambique, about regional flooding which is forcing people to leave their homes for the second year in a row. The United Nations estimates that floodwaters have forced 200,000 people to flee their homes. Relief agencies and Mozambique's government are working on ways to minimize damage from the annual flooding.

Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times, reviews The Tailor of Panama, based on John Le Carre's novel. The film involves an British expatriate living in Panama and working as a tailor, and a British spy who's hoping he can tap into the tailor's connections in Panamanian high-society.

Commentator Fernando Gonzales views the 2000 census as a wake-up call to Americans who have failed to notice the growth of the Latino population and its increasing role in U.S. politics and culture.

With Passover approaching this weekend, the search is on by many Jewish families for Kosher beef brisket for their Passover Seder. Brisket has become the traditional Passover entree for many families. But with changes in imports because of foot-and-mouth disease and a fire at a Kosher slaughterhouse in Kansas, brisket is in extremely short supply this year. Robert Siegel talks with Jay Parker, owner of Ben's Best Kosher Deli in Rego Park, Queens, New York.

NPR's Richard Knox reports on a new plan issued by Harvard University to bring AIDS treatments to the developing world. It spells out ways to rapidly expand the distribution of AIDS drugs, after new discounts offered by drug companies. But activists say the plan is too conservative and falls short of what's needed to save the lives of tens of millions of people with HIV in the developing world.

Brian Bull of South Dakota Public Radio reports on the fight over Spirit Mound, a key site on the Lewis and Clark trail. With the trail bicentennial coming up, some want to make it an upgraded tourist site. But some Indian tribes consider it sacred and don't want millions of tourists walking there.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Edward Goldberg, Director of the Medici Archive Project, about his work with the Medici family archive in Florence, Italy. The archive is a collection of virtually every letter sent or received by the Medici court during its rule from the mid-1500s to the mid-1700s. The correspondence reveals a great deal about Italian art and early modern European history. Goldberg and his colleagues are documenting and digitizing each letter, and hope to have the project complete by 2012. (6:28) For more on the project, check out our Medici Archive Web page.

The Post Office is considering cutbacks in an effort to reduce its costs. Among the ideas on the table, is stopping Saturday delivery. Linda talks with Dave Hirschman, who covers the U.S. Postal Service for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.

Funded by a million dollar government grant, the Anti-Defamation League, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence will be looking at new ways to use technology to prevent hate crimes. NPR's Lynn Neary reports the program begins with an interactive Web site.

A day before Game 3 of the World Series, the animal rights organization released a statement saying the term "bullpen" is insensitive to cows and bulls. The suggestion drew mixed reactions.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's Rob Gifford about the view from Beijing of the situation involving the American reconnaissance airplane. He says the Chinese public seems to want an apology from the U.S. but the level of anger has not reached the height that it did in 1999 after the accidental U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

Members of Congress today asked NASA whether the agency can contain cost overruns for the International Space Station. The White House wants NASA to curtail construction on the station in order to make up for budget problems. Some members of Congress seem worried that the station won't be much good if it's missing key components. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

The agency acted after an independent panel of scientists strongly supported the move. Kids could start getting vaccinated within the week.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr compares two incidents involving American spy planes: the current standoff with China over the damaged EP-3E and the 1960 standoff with Russia over a downed U-2.

NPR's Kate Seelye in southern Lebanon reports on the Shiite Muslim holiday of Ashura when men whip and mutilate themselves to honor a seventh century martyr. There is increasing opposition to this ritual bloodletting both from Iran's influential Shiite leaders and from the Lebanese guerrilla group, Hizbollah.

Commentator Frank Deford observes the evolution of women's sports. While they're gaining more popularity, he says the players have gotten downright vicious in their struggle to survive.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports China continues to hold 24 U.S. service men and women and their surveillance plane, which was damaged in a mid-air collision with a Chinese jet fighter on Sunday. Today, the United States issued a conciliatory statement expressing regret that a Chinese pilot was apparently killed in the accident. But the U.S. stopped short of an apology. It says the U.S. crew was not to blame for the collision.