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An independent board appointed by NASA begins its investigation of the shuttle disaster. The disaster probe in part will be modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board investigations of airplane crashes. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

NPR's John Nielsen examines the arduous process of finding the pieces of the shuttle Columbia that have been spread across such a large area. He explains the difference between shuttle "forensics" and the investigation of plane crashes.

The White House prepares to reveal intelligence to the U.N. Security Council in hopes of persuading reluctant members that Iraq remains in defiance of U.N. resolutions on weapons. Secretary of State Colin Powell is to present the evidence Wednesday. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Investigators continue to gather clues that might help explain what went wrong when the space shuttle Columbia broke up Saturday morning, killing all seven crewmembers. Today's memorial service with President Bush will offer NASA officials rare pause in an otherwise tedious examination of flight videos, computer data, and debris. NPR's Richard Harris reports that while NASA is making strides in piecing the accident together, officials say they're far from any conclusions about what caused the disaster.

As the investigation into the space shuttle Columbia disaster continues, President Bush heads to Houston for a memorial service honoring the seven astronauts who died. Meanwhile, NASA and Congress consider whether to build more spacecraft. NPR's Richard Harris and NPR's Jon Hamilton report.

Voters in Santa Ana, Calif., head to the polls in a recall election of a school board member accused of leading the district to violate the state's anti-bilingual education initiative. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

President Bush's 2004 budget proposal includes major new health initiatives to address the AIDS epidemic in Africa and the Caribbean, as well as changes to Medicare and Medicaid. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

NPR's Greg Allen reports from Baton Rouge on concerns that the search for a serial killer may be infringing on the rights of some innocent people. DNA has been gathered from hundreds of men. The ACLU is complaining that in many cases the DNA is being given under duress and without probable cause.

NPR s Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr remembers the American composer, Lou Harrison.

Host Bob talks to Linda Robinson of U.S. News and World Report about her experience of spending a month with U.S. Special Forces in Colombia. They discuss how the Bush administration is quietly broadening the war on terrorism to include the fight against rebel groups in Colombia.