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NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on a group of mid-western farmers coming to Washington D.C. to lobby for government price supports for their crops. Many farmers opted out of the support in the late 1990's, but now say the decline of Asian markets is forcing them to ask for government help again.

From member station KPBS, Scott Horsley reports on what today may bring in California's ongoing energy crisis. Yesterday, Californians saw rolling black-outs for the first time in more than two months.

NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports that the Bush administration is trying to decide whether to fight Democrats over the use of the American Bar Association to screen judicial nominees. The administration would like to eliminate this step in the nomination process, though it's been done since the days of President Eisenhower.

Financial markets waited until early afternoon to see just how much the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates. But as NPR's Jack Speer reports, the half-point cut announced by Fed Chair Alan Greenspan disappointed Wall Street. This is the third time the Fed has cut interest rates this year.

Over the past few years, employees of high-tech firms in the San Francisco Bay Area have watched the value of their stock portfolios soar. Many of those workers are Generation X'ers who've never known a bear market. NPR's Elaine Korry sat down with three young investors to find out how they are riding out the downturn in the market.

NPR's Robert Smith continues Morning Edition's literacy series by visiting two classrooms -- both with children with outstanding reading skills, but with radically different teaching approaches.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the Federal Reserve's consideration of an additional interest rate cut in hopes of curbing the economic slowdown.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports on President Bush's White House meeting with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Today, the president said he will not to try to "force peace," in the Middle East. Mr. Bush also said that America's role should be to facilitate talks and not dictate a timetable. For his part, Prime Minister Sharon said he wants an end to violence before he'll resume talks with the Palestinians.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from northwest Macedonia that army tanks today began shelling positions held by ethnic Albanian rebels in the hills over Tetovo. The government tonight gave the rebels 24 hours to clear out of the hills -- or face an all-out assault. In the capital, Skopje, the European Union's security chief, Javier Solana, warned the rebels they would achieve nothing by force. The rebels said they were prepared to negotiate, but vowed to continue fighting if the government refuses to grant the Albanian community greater civil rights.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the first amendment to the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform bill that has passed the Senate. By a 70-30 vote, lawmakers approved a proposal that would help level the playing field for candidates who run against rich opponents who finance their own campaigns.