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Host Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Martin Kaste about ongoing negotiations in Colombia between President Andres Pastrana and Colombia's largest rebel group, the FARC.

David D'arcy reports on "outsider art"-- works produced by self-taught artists. The work is known for its unconventional materials as well as for the unusual biographies of some of its creators.

The first significant research stemming from the recent mapping of the human genome is being published this week. In honor of this momentous accomplishment, NPR's Alex Chadwick and Richard Harris take a tour through a human cell.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that the Bush administration is trying to counter the environmental and workplace regulations passed in the last few weeks of the Clinton administration. While the administration can't repeal the regulations outright, it can delay implementation or cut funding for enforcing them.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Robert Hall, an attorney for Earl Washington, Jr. Washington is a Virginia man who spent nine years on death row for a murder he did not commit. DNA evidence cast heavy doubt on Mr. Washington's guilt, leading Virginia Gov. James Gilmore to pardon him.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with commentator John Feinstein about last night's All-Star game and the future of the NBA.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea about President Bush's plan this week to focus on the military by touring bases. The president begins today by traveling to Georgia.

Commentator Kevin Phillips says the Bush administration's efforts to eliminate the inheritence tax is illegitimate for someone who owes his presidency not to the popular vote, but to the Supreme Court.

The struggle of the dot-com industry has left many failed Internet companies struggling to pay back investors. Ruby De Luna, of member station KUOW in Seattle, reports on the aftermath of the dot-com bust -- the dot-com auction.

California's power crisis is making some American businesses look north. Tom Banse reports that British Columbia is using the power shortage as an opportunity to sell its own energy to California companies worried about high costs and unreliable service.