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NPR's Anne Garrels reports on a set of new laws designed to ease the burden on the Russian penal system. Russia's chief prosecutor has blocked the passage of the laws, saying dangerous criminals need to be behind bars.

Part of President George W. Bush's tax plan calls for the elimination of the estate tax. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Janet Hook of the LA Times who says that the repeal of the estate tax has moved to the bottom of the tax cut agenda.

Frank speaks with NPR's Barbara Bradley about the investigations by Congress and a federal prosecutor in New York into the pardon of Marc Rich by former President Clinton. Rich was charged with tax evasion, to the tune of 48 million dollars. He fled the country, and has been a fugitive ever since. Clinton defends his actions in a piece in today's New York Times.

Essayist Andy Borowitz imagines the controversy over Clinton's quest for an office in New York from the perspective of the former President's realtor.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says President George W. Bush finds himself in a tougher spot than his father was in when it comes to dealing with Saddam Hussein and Iraq.

David Kestenbaum reports on astronomers plans to deal with some future climate changes. A billion years from now the sun will swell and grow brighter as it burns more fuel. By nudging an asteroid into close passes with the earth, they say it would be possible to move our planet into a cooler, more distant orbit. That would buy us a five billion years to figure out what happens when the sun becomes a red giant and engulfs us.

Jason Bezis, a law student at the University of California at Berkeley, has always harbored a special appreciation for our first president. He wants the nation to refer to our annual Februrary federal holiday by its given name: Washington's Birthday.

William H. Masters - of Masters and Johnson - did much in his work to take the guilt and angst out of sex in American life. He died friday at the age of 85. NPR's John Burnett reports.

Linda Wertheimer talks to Linda Nochlin, professor of modern art at the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU about the painter Balthus. The artist whose real name was Balthasar Klossowski died in Switzerland yesterday at the age of 92.

Linda Wertheimer talks with New York Times reporter Al Baker about four young men who've been charged as eco-terrorists in New York. The FBI believes that the four burned down houses in new developments to protest sprawl and that they are apart of the Earth Liberation Front. A question remains whether they are terrorists or teenage vandals.