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Host Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Richard Harris about today's news conferences on the space shuttle Columbia recovery and investigation.

Critics have expressed growing concern over NASA's extensive use of outside contractors in its shuttle program. NPR's Howard Berkes talks to host Michele Norris about the program, and about whether the use of contractors may be considered a possible factor in Columbia's failure.

Robert talks with William Greider, national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, about the economics of President Bush's budget proposal.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR’s Larry Abramson about the details emerging from the latest NASA briefing on the space shuttle Columbia disaster.

The Space Shuttle Trust Fund, established for the children of the shuttle Challenger crew, will raise money for the children of the shuttle Columbia crew. (The Space Shuttle Children's Trust Fund, P.O. Box 34600, Washington, D.C. 20043-4600)

She is the foreign affairs/U.N. correspondent for The Boston Globe. She recently returned from Iraq, where she is reporting on the preparations for war. She has also reported on the war on terrorism from Afghanistan. Her recent book, The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda, is about the war crimes tribunals and the efforts of victims to find justice. Neuffer was on Fresh Air in December 2002, speaking about journalists attending boot camp in preparation for war coverage.

Dan Keplinger was born with severe cerebral palsy. But at 30, he's already a successful artist, the subject of an Oscar-winning film, and he's finishing his second college degree. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports on the Baltimore, Md., artist's inspirational story. View a video clip from the documentary, and view examples of his art.

Thousands of doctors walked off the job in New Jersey today. Nancy Solomon reports the doctors are protesting the escalating cost of malpractice insurance. The doctors and the insurance industry are calling for a cap on damages paid to patients who sue over shoddy treatment.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu is in New York City and walks in on a meeting of young radicals toasting Old Communists. He notes the fact that old commies never say "die." They just die. He listens to them, believing some of the conversations may have started in the 19th century.

The large NASA community around the Johnson Space Center is coming together in its grief over the loss of the shuttle Columbia astronauts. NPR's John Burnett reports.