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A study filed with federal regulators today alleges that wholesale electricity suppliers overcharged California by $6 billion in the last year. The California state power grid operator prepared the study of pricing data in an effort to seek reimbursement for the overcharges. Scott Horsley reports from member station KPBS in San Diego.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Peter DeWitt, spokesman for the Portland, Maine, Public Works Department, about a shortage of places to dump snow. DeWitt says Portland has received 76 inches of snow this year, 16 inches above the norm.

President Bush has delayed for 60 days a possible strike by Northwest Airline's mechanics. Other major airlines facing labor troubles see today's federal intervention as a signal the president may help them avert strikes too. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports.

With the continuing violence, convincing tourists to come to Israel has been a hard sell these past few months. Israeli officials say tourism is down about 60 percent. With that in mind, they've launched a new ad campaign, urging people to visit "the Israel you don't see on the nightly news." Uzi Gafni, who represents Israel's ministry for tourism in North America, talks with Linda Wertheimer.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the criticisms of President Bush's faith-based initiative and his policy on power plant emissions. The latest blow came yesterday in New Jersey, and distracted from the president's efforts to promote his budget and tax cut proposals.

John talks to Robet Sapolsky, author of the new book, The Primate's Memoir about his life studying baboons in Africa.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Sen. Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee. The surgeon and Chairman of the African Affairs subcommittee says the United States needs to provide significantly more money to fund AIDS treatment programs in developing countries, especially in Africa. He says the U.S. has "a moral obligation to do everything possible to have AIDS drugs flow to those countries at as low a price as possible."

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the British government has called-in its military to help with the outbreak of foot-and mouth disease there. Nineteen new cases were found yesterday. Farmers are furious about the government's handling of slaughtered animals, as corpses pile up and rot. The tourism industry faces hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

In the final part of our Changing Face of America series on homeschooling, NPR's Chris Arnold reports on some of the companies that are marketing educational materials to homeschool families. Parents must decide on a curriculum for each of the some $2 million homeschooled children in the country -- and there are plenty of companies willing to sell them textbooks, video courses and 8th Grade in a Box CD-Roms.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on President Bush's plan to cut taxes. Many members of Congress fear the plan will follow the pattern of the Reagan tax-cut in 1981, which quickly ballooned with breaks and favors for special interests.

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on the newest endeavor by artist James Turrell -- an exhibit featuring drawings and videos of his study of light in an extinct volcano. Check out the Roden Crater. (6:52

TOM KELLEY is the General Manager of IDEO, a design firm that has created some of the most successful and well-often used products, such as the first Apple mouse, Polaroids I-Zone instant camera, the Palm V pilot, the Crest Neat Squeeze standup toothpaste tube, and the Oral-B soft grip kids toothbrush. The company is known for its innovation, cutting-edge design, and attention to how products are used in real-life situations. His new book is The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, Americas Leading Design Firm. (Currency/Doub