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President Bush sends Congress a 2004 budget totaling $2.23 trillion, with the largest increases going to defense and homeland security. But some in Congress say the president should scale back some of the proposed tax cuts and allow more social spending. NPR's David Welna reports.

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.

Commentator Bob Sloan says CBS is bigoted for pushing ahead with its plan to create the Real Beverly Hillbillies reality TV series. He says it will only reinforce the negative perception of people in Appalachia.

Two flea-market jewelers in Broward County, Fla., are arrested for using their "expertise" of precious metals for another occupation -- gluing decorative gold inlays to people's teeth.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with Mike Bell, EMS supervisor for American Medical Response in Portland, Ore. He talks about why and how he helped design an ambulance to transport patients weighing up to 500 pounds. The ambulance, called a Bariatric Unit, has already been put into service. Most of the calls they get for this unit are not 911 calls, but calls to get people to the hospital who can't be transported in cars, and need medical personnel in the unit with them.

Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, seeking congressional support for a possible war with Iraq. Powell's testimony comes a day after he presents the U.N. Security Council with a report detailing evidence against Iraq. NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR's Michele Kelemen.

From member station WUWM in Milwaukee, Marge Pitroff reports on a little-known provision in the education law signed by President Bush last year that requires schools to provide information about their students to military recruiters. The new requirements caught many schools and parents by surprise.

For $3.5 million, you can roam the halls of the Los Angeles house where Freddie Krueger murdered his victims. You have until Halloween to make an offer.

In 1992, the president of Turkmenistan promised that every family would own a house and car within a decade. He's delivering on part of his promise -- every government minister will get a new Mercedes-Benz this year.

Singer and songwriter Mia Doi Todd talks about her song "Digital" which is on her new album The Golden State, on Columbia Records.