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NPR's Peter Overby reports..advocates of campaign finance reform haven't given up on the idea of passing a bill this year. One thing they are trying to do is to tie it to public interest issues. For example..saying reform is needed to make sure more women get elected to congress..or to make sure there are toughter cigarette regulations.

The first museum devoted exclusively to "outsider" or "visionary" art: the work of untrained artists who, more often than not, don't care about being in museums. Some of them have gotten famous despite themselves - Howard Finster is the most famous. They're called outsiders because they're outside of the art establishment (even though they've become quite trendy and "inside" in recent years). One of the interesting things about the museum - as a way of subverting the way works are usually selected for inclusion in a collection - is that museum goers will help select their favorite works. (9:30) (IN S

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the beginning of another trial against Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Kevorkian is accused under common law for aiding two people in their effort to commit suicide. Kevorkian was recently acquitted in a similar trial, and has never been convicted for a crime in his efforts to provide help to those who wish to end their lives because of serious illnesses.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu sights new discoveries and inventions in Romania and says these are a sign that his former countrymen are mistaking capitalism for oxygen.

An audio postcard from Mandalit del Barco. Spring meand one thing in Hollywood -- the Oscars. And preparations are well underway for Monday night's festivities.

about the prospects for peace in light of the recent Hamas suicide bombings.

Tandaleya Wilder of Connecticut Public Radio reports that some residents of Greenwich, Connecticut are in a snit over the issue of private music lessons taught in homes. One teacher hired a lawyer when she was told she was breaking the law by having students pound the ivories in her living room.

Joanne Silberner reports that today, the House Ways and Means Committee began consideration of a health insurance bill that would guarantee that millions of Americans would not lose coverage because of a pre-existing condition when they become unemployed or switch jobs. The legislation has broad bipartisan support, but House Republicans have tacked on a lot of amendments that are opposed by the Senate. How Senator Dole handles the Republican mavericks in the House has implications for his presidential candidacy.

Homer Groening (Grane-ing), the namesake of the cartoon character Homer Simpson, died last Friday. he was 76 years old. Mr. Groening was a Portland filmaker and advertising man. But in recent he better known for being the father of cartoonist Matt Groening creator of the FOX program the Simpsons.

Robert Siegel speaks with Jeff Rosen, legal affairs editor for The New Republic magazine. They discuss a decision by a federal appeals court which held that the University of Texas Law School program to ensure diversity in entering class is illegal. The case could have a profound impact, possibly eliminating affirmative action programs of any sort, if upheld.