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NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Rockingham, North Carolina, on the first NASCAR race since Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash at Daytona a week ago yesterday. At the North Carolina Speedway yesterday, fans and drivers paid tribute to Earnhardt.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports Yugoslav authorities have arrested the former head of the secret police under former President Slobodan Milosevic. The prisoner may help authorities in their attempts to track down the ousted leader.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports that President Bush is hitting the road to sell his tax cut plan to Americans. In Nebraska, Iowa, and Pennsylvania, the president told citizens that the issue at hand is not rich vs. poor, but big government vs. small.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that President Bush's proposed defense budget would fatten military paychecks and boost spending on missile defense. But the budget also hints that some military bases may be closed to make funds available for tax cuts.

Federal Investigators say the submarine crew of the U.S.S. Greeneville had detected a ship on the surface about an hour ahead of surfacing earlier this month. When the sub did surface, it crashed into a Japanese fishing trawler, sinking that ship. Linda Wertheimer talks with USA Today reporter Martin Kasindorf, who is in Honolulu.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports on the history of professional wrestling and one of its key players, Sputnik Monroe. You can read about Sputnik in Robert Gordon's Book It Came From Memphis. For more information, check out our special feature. (3:39

NPR's Shirley Jahad reports on today's announcement by the Mormon Church of a new resource for genealogical research. The church has compiled archives of the Freedman's Bank, for former slaves, onto CD-ROM which will make the records more easily accessible to the public.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on how the administration readies for tomorrow night's speech by President Bush before a joint session of Congress on his budget. Mr. Bush is trying to win approval of his tax-cut program. But for most Americans, this will be their first real opportunity to see the president in action since the inauguration.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on letters allegedly written by FBI agent Robert Phillip Hanssen -- letters that are now leading investigators to believe Hanssen has been supplying Russia with top-level U.S. security information for the past 15 years.

Robert Siegel talks with Eric Anderson of public radio station KPBS about a school shooting in Santee, Calif., near San Diego. One student and one faculty member are reported dead and more than 10 people are wounded. A male student, who is a suspect, was taken into custody at Santana High School.