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NPR's Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports on a case before the Supreme Court. Tobacco companies are challenging a Massachusetts law that would limit outdoor advertising for their products. They say it's a violation of the right to commercial free speech; Massachusetts says its law is written carefully to prevent the companies from marketing to children.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on today's arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court over limits imposed on tobacco advertising by the state of Massachusetts. At question is whether the state has the power to restrict ads for a product that is legal for adults, illegal for children, and dangerous and addictive for everyone.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on the defense of former Ku Klux Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr. in the Birmingham, Alabama church bombing trial. Blanton is charged with murder in the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Fours girls died in the blast. The defense says prosecutors have produced nothing that directly links Blanton to the crime.

Monday marks the 100th day of President Bush's administration, and he's celebrating the occasion by inviting the entire Congress to lunch at the White House. NPR's David Welna reports. (5:30) Check out NPR News coverage of Bush's First 100 Days.

From Member station WKSU Mark Urycki reports on a new movie set in Australia entitled, The Dish. It's the first feature film to explore Australia's role in the Apollo 11 mission. In the tiny town of Parkes stands a 210 foot radio telescope that helped to capture the weak TV images Apollo 11 sent from the moon.

Neuroscientists in California have been able to take cells from human brains hours after death and coax some of the cells to continue dividing in the laboratory. As NPR's Joe Palca reports, for now, the result is of limited practical value, but it could pave the way for generating nerve tissue to treat human disease.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the impact Reverend Jesse Jackson's latest scandals have had on his previously active political life. Jackson was conspicuously absent from the riots in Cincinnati earlier this month, after a unarmed black man was shot and killed by a white police officer.

David D'arcy reports on Otesanek, the latest film from Czech director Jan Svankmajer. Svankmajer mixes animation and live action and his films have had a huge influence on younger filmmakers, especially England's Brothers Quay. Otesanek is screening at the San Francisco International Film Festival and opens in theaters in the fall.

From member station WABE in Atlanta, Joshua Levs reports on a tentative contract agreement reached by the pilots union at Delta Airlines. Delta officials are hoping the agreement will help to restore the public's trust. The airline has seen a drop in bookings, and recently posted its first loss in six years.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports Florida's severe drought is causing state officials to consider a water saving plan. The idea is to inject billions of gallons of stormwater runoff into deep underground aquifers, then pump it out the next time there's a drought. The governor and state legislature are enthusiastic, but environmentalists fear for the potential contamination of Florida's underground sources of drinking water.