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California Gov. Gray Davis is struggling to patch together a plan that will save the state's big utilities from bankruptcy while protecting consumers from whopping rate increases. It's a tall order. Utilities, lawmakers, power generators and consumer advocates are pressing their very different interests in high stakes negotiations. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.

Members of the community of Chelsea, Vt., gathered last night in a church basement to reflect on the murders of two Dartmouth University professors. Two teenagers are accused in the crime. Host Noah Adams speaks with psychiatrist Andy Pomerantz, who was at the meeting. Pomerantz says it was a time for people to question what the tragedy says about their own community.

The Harlem Renaissance gave birth to a movement that was social, political, and artistic. To be in Harlem in the 1920s and '30s was to experience everything from the poetry of Langston Hughes to the music of Duke Ellington. Liane talks to Shawn Amos, who produced a new four-CD box set that captures the sounds of the period, and updates them with new readings. It's called Rhapsodies in Black: Words and Music from the Harlem Renaissance. (9:30) (NOTE: Rhapsodies in Black is available on Rhino Records #R2-79874).

Liane talks live with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem, who is covering Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to the Middle East. Powell met today with Israel's Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Larry Abramson about the opening of Microsoft's appeal. Lawyers for the software giant will be in Washington, D.C., today to argue in front of a Federal Court of Appeals.

NPR's David Welna spent a day with Congresswoman Anne Northup. The third-term Republican is from Louisville, Kentucky -- a district that was staunchly Democratic for decades.

His new book is called Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution (Perseus, 2001). It charts the movement begun by computer programmers who believe software should be given away for free. Moody is a London-based writer whose work has appeared in Wired, The Economist, and The Financial Times.

Hes the creator of, and voice behind, MTVs phenomena Beavis and Butthead. His current creation is the Fox series King of the Hill, where he provides the voice for main character, Hank. Hes also the writer, director and producer of the cult movie Office Space. A self-taught animator with a physics degree, Kraft talks about animation and comedy. King of the Hill is an Emmy nominated series nearing its 100th episode next week.

Robert Siegel speaks with Nomi Morris, Middle East correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers. She's in Baghdad and says the breakdown of sanctions against Iraq have eased the human suffering in the country and led to signs that business is returning. The United States and Great Britian are increasingly isolated in their policy of continuing economic sanctions.

Commentator Jack Germond says Democrats may be hurting, but they're not as bad-off as many pundits would have it.