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of the stock market. The market continues to soar, despite predictions of downturns. Experts disagree whether it could go even higher or is ready for a decline.

March made it's debut over the weekend with tornadoes, heavy rains and flooding that left behind a path of destruction stretching from Arkansas to Ohio. More than forty people are dead, hundreds are injured and more flooding is expected. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat meeting with President Clinton to discuss the next steps in the U.S. sponsored peace process. The president was sympathetic to Arafat's criticism of Israel's latest plans to build new Jewsish settlements in Arab East Jerusalem and said such a move built mistrust instead of the confidence needed to make the peace process work.

how our brains make sophisticated decisions before we are aware that we've made them.

Ray talks with Scott Atlas, the attorney for Ricardo Aldape Guerra (rih-KAR-doh ahl-DAH-pay GYEH-ruh). Guerra was just released from prison, fifteen years after being sentenced for the murder of a police officer. They discuss the history of the case...why Guerra was initially incarcerated, why he was just now released... and the plans that he's making for the future.

that today the Supreme Court will hear a motion to reverse a decision concerning the separation of church and state. A 1985 ruling barred public school teachers from giving remedial math and reading lessons in religious schools. Since then, schools across the country have used loopholes to work around the decision... and five current Supreme Court justices have cast doubt on the ruling in recent opinions.

James Carrie and New York University Law Professor Steven Gillers about the latest developments in the Oklahoma City bombing case. They discuss the legal and ethical questions raised by the Dallas Morning News' decision to publish a story about defendant Timothy McVeigh, based on confidential defense memos.

of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History... he tells us why he's almost certain researchers have discovered the pirate Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports that some members of the New York City press are having difficulty getting certian kinds of information out of the Mayor's office. New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is enjoying immense popularity in the city as a result of programs that have reduced crime and improved the overall quality of life...but there are concerns that his administration is making it difficult to get information that is less than positive about the programs that Giuliani has implemented.

Besides being the day tax returns are due, today is the deadline for Congress to pass a budget plan for next year. As usual, the deadline won't be met. Negotiators for the House, Senate and White House have been meeting for weeks now and are far from an agreement on how to balance the budget by the year 2002. Differences between the parties on tax cuts and cuts in Medicare and Medicaid spending are broad. However, some progress has been made on potential cuts in several smaller programs such as student loans. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.