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From member station WUNC, Jessica Jones reports on North Carolina's efforts to include students with learning disabilities in its statewide testing program.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. The newly elected leader of Israel, Ariel Sharon, has sent a delegation to talk with the Bush administration.

Linda talks with Jane Nober, Special Council with The Council on Foundations in Washington, D.C., about false organizations set up just to take people's money.

Sports commentator Frank Deford talks about the increasing spectacle of national signing day, the day when blue-chip high school football and basketball players choose their college affiliation.

Howie Movshovitz of Colorado Public Radio takes a look at the first film by Korean director Im Kwon Taek to be released in America. Chunhyang is based on one of the oldest Korean legends, and is portrayed in pansori, an ancient type of Korean storytelling. (

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports that merchants have closed their shops in India today in fear of right-wing Hindu protests against stores that sell Valentine's Day cards. Many conservatives in India consider Valentine's Day indecent. (

Republican Matt Krause is asking schools for an accounting of any book that "might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress."

ISU professor Intan Suwandi says disruptions in the supply chain began with the first signs of the pandemic

Reporter Curtis Fox takes us on a visit to Harlem, the storied black neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper West side. White people are buying brownstones and moving in, and trendy, white-owned chains like Starbucks are opening up. Long-time residents are divided about whether or not it means the beginning of the end of Harlem's cultural identity as the "Black Mecca".

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the criminal justice system in America. A new report claims the system often emphasizes punishment over rehabilitation, especially in cases of juvenile offenders.