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Commentator Stacy Horn has learned her mother has a terminal disease. She finds some comfort in an unlikely place -- an episode of television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, called The Body.

Monday marks the 100th day of President Bush's administration, and he's celebrating the occasion by inviting the entire Congress to lunch at the White House. NPR's David Welna reports. (5:30) Check out NPR News coverage of Bush's First 100 Days.

Despite the negative publicity of the foot and mouth epidemic in England, British officials are celebrating higher than expected tourism over the past spring break. But as NPR's Julie McCarthy reports, tourism in rural communities is still hurting.

Liane talks with Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of the Weekly Standard, and Doyle McManus, Washington Bureau Chief of the Los Angeles Times, for an assessment of President Bush's first 100 days in office.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports on violence in the Gaza Strip today. Israeli tanks and bulldozers pushed into a Palestinian refugee camp, demolishing 20 buildings Israel says were used by Palestinian gunmen for cover.

Eric Engleman reports from Moscow on today's reaction from Russia to President Bush's speech yesterday outlining proposals for a missile defense system. The Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov repeated Moscow's view that the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty is a cornerstone of global arms control, and not a relic of the Cold War, as President Bush sees it. At the same time, Ivanov welcomed the president's desire to consult with other governments on the matter.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Robert Blendon, a professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, about the public's attitudes about social security. Blendon has conducted surveys for the Kaiser Family Foundation on the issue.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on a new study which finds that a drug commonly used to treat heart failure is much less effective in black patients than it is in whites. The study suggests that doctors need to be more vigilant when treating black patients with heart failure. And it also has raised questions about when it is appropriate to focus on race in medical research.

Neuroscientists in California have been able to take cells from human brains hours after death and coax some of the cells to continue dividing in the laboratory. As NPR's Joe Palca reports, for now, the result is of limited practical value, but it could pave the way for generating nerve tissue to treat human disease.

A federal grand jury in New York today indicted A. Alfred Taubman, former chairman of Sotheby's Holdings, and Anthony J. Tennant, former chairman of Christie's International, for fixing the commissions they charged at auctions between 1993 and 1999. NPR's Rick Karr reports.