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NPR's Guy Raz reports that one of the casualties of German reunification was the Dynamo soccer team in the city of Dresden.

There will be organized protests against rapper Eminem's presence at this year's Grammy Awards. NPR's Rick Karr reports on the controversy and the music behind it.

Beth Accomando of member station KPBS reports on Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai's new project, In the Mood for Love. Wong has won acclaim for his unorthodox and stylish movies -- he calls them "jam sessions," since the actors are improvising without a script.

After her 40th birthday, Stacy Horn started playing drums. Recently she got to play with rock legend Eric Clapton at Carnegie Hall.

Noah Adams talks to Pete Earley, author of Confession of a Spy: The Real Story of Aldrich Ames, about what motivates spies. He says the biggest motivator is money. (4:15) Earley's book was published by Bantam Books, 1988.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports from Saint Louis, Mo., where she is accompanying President Bush as he tries to make the case for his education and tax cut proposals. Mr. Bush also visited Ohio today.

Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Barak will not take on the position of defense minister in the new Israeli government. Barak told incoming Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today that he had changed his mind. Noah Adams talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem.

Alan Cheuse, who teaches writing at George Mason University in Virginia, reviews a new collection of short stories by Rick Moody, titled Demonology. (3:15) Demonology is published by Little Brown and Company.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports that environmentalists have been crusading against the Mafia to restore the beauty and ecological health of Lake Pergusa.

NPR's Shirley Jahad reports on two religious organizations in Washington, D.C. that operate residential drug treatment programs. The White House Office on Faith-Based and Community initiatives officially opened for business today.