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The SEC takes up several proposals aimed at restoring investor confidence, approving new rules governing the relationship between accounting firms and the companies they audit. Commissioners will also vote on a rule requiring mutual fund companies to reveal how they vote on shareholder disputes. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

New census figures show the number of Hispanics as very close to the number of blacks in the United States. Depending on how the figures are tallied, the number of Hispanics may be seen as having surpassed the number of blacks. Host Robert Siegel talks with John R. Logan about the numbers and the implications of the changing proportion of minority groups in America. Logan is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mumford Center, State University of New York, Albany.

A newly publicized study suggests that 40 percent of nuns in the United States have experienced some form of sexual trauma -- in some cases, at the hands of other clergy. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from London that Britain's Conservative Party is having trouble challenging Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair. Since Blair moved into #10 Downing Street, the Tories have been stuck in the opposition. Political analysts credit Blair with co-opting Conservative issues and moving Labour toward the center.

Cartoonist Bill Mauldin, whose GI characters Willie and Joe won the hearts of countless Americans during World War II, dies at 81. Mauldin won two Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning for his comic strip "Up Front with Mauldin." NPR's Bob Edwards has a remembrance.

For the first time since it went public in 1965, McDonald's Corp. reports a quarterly net loss. Some analysts say today's diners are more interested in "quick casual" restaurants that offer more than just fast-food burgers. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

A Long Island motorist has his license suspended for the 296th time. But he's going to have to keep ignoring the rules if he wants to set the record for the New York City area.

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) calls U.S. Olympic officials to Washington for discussions on possible changes in the structure of the U.S. Olympic Committee, which faces an ethics scandal and allegations of infighting. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

Commentator Laura Novak describes her experience working at the neonatal intensive care unit of a California hospital, and how it has caused her to view abortion as a way to spare infants a painful life and long death from incurable diseases or birth defects.

All Things Considered Ethicist Randy Cohen stops by once again to sort out listeners' messy lives. Today, Inskeep and Cohen debate the ethics of tattoos. Also, hear a discussion about how to make your own ethical decisions.