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Linda Wertheimer talks with Pamela Schaeffer, managing editor of the National Catholic Reporter newspaper, about alleged sexual abuse of nuns by priests in the Catholic Church. According to reports written over several years by senior members of women's religious orders, the abuse has taken place in a number of countries including the United States.

Commentator Bert Ely says yesterday's Federal Reserve interest rate cut was too little, too late, and that the Fed has a history of either under or overreacting. And he says Greenspan gets too much credit for what goes right. He says the market can do a better job than the Federal Reserve of keeping the economy on an even keel.

NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on today's seizure of a flock of Vermont sheep that some suspect may have been in contact with mad cow disease. The owners of the flock maintain that the sheep do not have the disease and have not been exposed to it. Nevertheless, federal officials arrived at the farm today and removed the sheep. The flock was quarantined in 1998 after being imported from Belgium. Federal offiicials maintain that the sheep ate contaminated feed while there. Since then, the Agriculture Department says tests show four sheep have a form of disease related to mad cow.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on a dilemma Americans are facing with drug treatments. Researchers are offering more new drugs designed to prevent, rather than cure disease. While that's good news, some of these drugs have serious side effects. How do clinicians and patients decide their risk of disease is high enough to justify taking a potentially dangerous drug for a disease they may never get?

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from the Hague, where, for the first time today a high-level delegation from Yugoslavia visited the war crimes tribunal. The delegates tried to show that Belgrade is now cooperating with the court. They said they were prepared to send suspects to the tribunal who are not Yugoslav citizens, meaning Bosnian Serbs who have been living in Yugoslavia. The United States Congress has demanded that the new authorities in Belgrade cooperate with the war crimes tribunal by the end of this month or forfeit U.S. aid.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on a new fossil skull, perhaps the most complete ever from a crucial period 3.5 million years ago. It was a period when the pre-human line was branching in several evolutionary directions. A member of the Leakey family found the skull. The Leakeys have been discovering fossils for three generations.

The makers of old-fashioned wooden snowshoes are benefitting from an upsurge in interest in the winter sport. Sales of snowshoes have increased more than ten-fold in the past decade, mainly due to the introduction of hi-tech aluminum brands. The traditional activity of hunters and trappers is now the fastest-growing winter sport in the country. It takes about two weeks to produce a hand-made wooden snowshoe ... and the design has changed little in hundreds of years. Maine Public Radio's Susan Chisholm reports.

Russell Lewis of member station KPBS reports on what is known about the 15-year old suspect in the Santana High School shooting. People who knew him said he was an angry youth who'd been bullied because of his size and personality.

Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer provide some backround on the victims who were shot Santana High School yesterday.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on allegations of environmental racism in a southern California community. Residents of Southgate, a primarily Latino town, claim their area has been chosen as the proposed site for a new power plant because energy company officials assume they are "stupid immigrants" who won't fight back.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports that President Bush is on the road. This week he'll visit four states to promote his budget proposals, including his $1.6 trillion tax-cut over a ten-year period. Today, the president flies to Chicago.

The United States Olympic Committee plans to drug test high profile pro athletes like NBA Dream Teamers up to a year before the Olympics, just like it does to all other U.S. Olympians. Olympic team members from glamour sports like basketball, baseball and hockey are presently tested just before the games begin. The professional leagues, which have less stringent testing procedures than Olympic sports, aren't happy about the change.