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NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports Israeli troops have been demolishing Palestinian homes and razing fruit and olive groves near Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip in a bid to stop Palestinian attacks on the settlers. There have been loud complaints from human rights activists and others.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Richard Atkinson, president of the the University of California system, about his push to ban the SAT as an admission requirement for UC schools. Atkinson hopes to replace the aptitude test with a test based on curriculum.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Kari Watkins, executive director of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. President Bush is scheduled to speak today at the opening of the new museum, the third component of the National Memorial.

Seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt died yesterday in a car crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

Host Bob Edwards shares listener comments in our weekly letters segment.

NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on an exhibition of Steinway pianos that belonged to legendary pianists Vladimir Horowitz and Van Cliburn. The tour begins a month-long engagement in Cleveland today.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says President George W. Bush finds himself in a tougher spot than his father was in when it comes to dealing with Saddam Hussein and Iraq.

David Kestenbaum reports on astronomers plans to deal with some future climate changes. A billion years from now the sun will swell and grow brighter as it burns more fuel. By nudging an asteroid into close passes with the earth, they say it would be possible to move our planet into a cooler, more distant orbit. That would buy us a five billion years to figure out what happens when the sun becomes a red giant and engulfs us.

President Bush adddressed an audience at the dedication of a museum devoted to the Oklahoma City bombing, the deadliest terrorist attack to take place on U.S. soil. Today marks the opening of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Center.

An estimated 15,000 convicts in nearly two dozen prisons in Brazil rioted yesterday in what appeared to be a well-coordinated effort. Host Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Martin Kaste about the latest developments.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on President Bush's visit yesterday to a military reserve installation. Mr. Bush is emphasizing the important role of the reserves in national defense and calling for modernization and an increase in soldiers' pay.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that a new study has found that genetic factors alone may not be responsible for Alzheimer's disease. Now, scientists are considering how environmental factors may interact with genes to cause the onset of the debilitating condition.