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NPR's Peter Overby reports on what experts on the power of touch saw among our nation's lawmakers from watching a 41-minute video of a Senate floor vote. The results? Lawmakers imitate each other's body language, and use touch to bond and assert power.

Today is the 30th anniversary of the American League's adoption of the designated hitter rule. NPR's Tom Goldman reports on how the rule has changed the game of baseball.

NPR's Janet Babin reports on concerns that the Bush administration is considering changes in Title IX, the federal law that bars gender discrimination in public education. The law is widely credited with raising women's participation in sports.

A quiet retired couple in Seattle designed an anti-war sign and posted it around their neighborhood. Now they are getting orders for the sign from around the country. Cathy Duchamp of member station KUOW reports.

The opposition to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez plans a national strike for next week. The movement hopes to oust Chavez from office. NPR's Martin Kaste reports.

We learn of a study on the effectiveness of electric toothbrushes. Only one was more effective than regular toothbrushes. We talk with William Shaw, professor of orthodontics at the University of Manchester in England, who helped coordinate the report by the Cochrane Collaboration's Oral Health Group.

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.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the arrest in Chicago of white supremacist Matt Hale on charges of soliciting the murder of a federal judge. He was arrested as he arrived at federal court for a contempt of court hearing in a trademark infringement lawsuit. The indictment charges Hale with seeking the death of the judge presiding in that suit.

Mark Moran of member station KJZZ reports on yesterday's Fiesta Bowl. The underdog Ohio State Buckeyes pulled off a stunning upset, ending favored Miami's 34-game winning streak. The Buckeyes took their first national title in more than three decades.

Engineers in the high-tech industry work on creating devices small enough to wear and wash, including sweatshirts with built-in stereos and jackets with built-in computers. Peter Jon Shuler of member station KQED reports.