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Lynn talks with Yoon Youngmo, a South Korean labor activist and organizer of recent anti-American protests in South Korea. He talks about the anti-American sentiment in South Korea and what's behind it. He's calling for an amendment to the Status of Forces Agreement between the U.S. and South Korea.

Congressional investigators testify before a Senate committee that using false identification, they entered the United States repeatedly from Canada, Mexico and Jamaica. And Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announces that customs, immigration and other border inspectors will be combined into one new bureau to improve efficiency. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

Some states are revisiting laws requiring drug offenders to serve long prison terms. Some legislators say the laws put too many nonviolent criminals behind bars and strain the penal system. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

Robert Siegel talks with Shelley Murphy, staff reporter for the Boston Globe about a sighting in London of notorious fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger. Bulger, an FBI informant, has been on the run since 1995. He is wanted in connection with the murder of 19 people in the United States, and is on the FBI's list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. See: http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/fugitives/bulger.htm

The average American got quite a leg up yesterday -- at least according to politicians of both major political parties. When Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) declared his intention to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, he said he'd fight for regular people. And President Bush said he is thinking about all Americans in working on his economic stimulus package. Commentator Jake Tapper says that both politicians are good at seeming like regular guys - but he's not sure that a regular guy is really what voters want.

North Korea's ambassador to China rejects any U.S. preconditions on talks. But he demanded North Korea's own precondition before it would agree to shut down its nuclear program -- a nonaggression treaty with Washington. Anthony Kuhn reports.

Each year, U.S. tourist attractions recruit thousands of foreign workers. But in some places --such as Lake Placid, N.Y. -- foreign workers aren't so welcome. Critics say the influx from abroad keeps wages low and makes it hard to earn a decent living. Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio reports.

NPR's Brian Naylor profiles the once -- and now next -- chairman of Armed Services Committee, Sen. John Warner (R-VA).

Scott Simon and Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell discuss new DVDs now available at the video store. Picks from Elvis include the British claymation film Rex the Runt and the movie Unfaithful, starring Diane Lane and Richard Gere.

China is setting some lofty goals. For the first time, the nation prepares to send people into space. They'll be called Taikonauts. Robert Siegel and Lynn Neary explain.

The jury deliberated for about an hour before finding William George Davis guilty of capital murder. Davis was accused of injecting air into four patients' arteries after they underwent heart surgery.

The director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory resigns, along with his top deputy, amid Department of Energy accusations that managers ignored fraud and theft by lab employees. The DOE spends $1.5 billion a year to run the lab, birthplace of the atom bomb. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.