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The Senate is expected to begin debate next week on the latest version of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. This year, the sponsors think they have enough votes to choke off a filibuster. But some of the Democratic-leaning interest groups, such as labor unions, are having second thoughts about new provisions in the legislation this time around. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that U.S. stock prices tumbled yesterday amid investor concerns about technology earnings. The NASDAQ composite index has now declined by 60-percent since its high last March. There's concern that confidence has fallen to the point where prices may not rebound as quickly as in the past.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that Russian scientists are meticulously planning Mir's return to Earth, to prevent any harm. They're using computer models to anticipate where the 140-ton space station will splash down in the South Pacific, and warning away planes and boats from the area.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that the Washington reaction to last week's school shooting was muted. Gun control advocates are worried that their allies in Congress are afraid to speak up, for fear of losing re-election. Political analysts say Al Gore's strong support of gun control cost him several crucial states, including West Virginia.

Conservative author David Horowitz sought to place ads in college newspapers across the country denouncing calls for reparations to African-Americans for slavery. Most papers declined to run the ads. Many of those that did sparked protests on their campuses. Av Harris reports from Providence -- Brown University was one of the schools whose paper ran the ad.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the potential California gubernatorial candidacy of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. With the state's power crisis ebbing away at Gov. Gray Davis' (D) popularity, many Republicans feel The Terminator is the man who can rescue their party. After all, they note, Ronald Reagan, George Murphy, Sonny Bono and Clint Eastwood parlayed entertainment careers to political office in California.

Ed Sanders, a former Yippie; member of the Fugs; and author of the bestseller about Charles Manson called, The Family, has embarked on a multi-volume history of North America in verse. Volume Two, which has just been published covers 1940 to 1961. Sanders envisions eight volumes. He's starting in the 20th century and working backwards. From New York, Tom Vitale reports.

Federal agents seized a church building in Indianapolis today, carrying out several people who refused to leave. The Indianapolis Baptist Temple has a long running dispute with the Internal Revenue Service. The I.R.S. says the church has refused to withhold taxes from its employees, and owes millions of dollars in back taxes. Noah talks with Terry Horne, federal court reporter for The Indianapolis Star.

Today, the National Academy of Sciences issued a report on the state of our juvenile justice system, with recommendations on how to improve outcomes for teens placed in adult jails. NPR's Michelle Trudeau visits some teens housed in three adult prisons in Arizona, and talks with the researchers who have been tracking how the youngest inmates are doing.

President Bush got his full Cabinet faster confirmed than most presidents do. But like his predecessors, he is finding the filling of other high appointive offices is far more troublesome and time consuming. NPR's Pam Fessler reports that the people who do most of the heavy-lifting in policy-making have yet to be named.