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NPR's Michelle Kelemen reports on the Bush administration's approach to Iraq.

It does not include progressive priorities like paid family leave or measures to lower the costs of prescription drugs. Still, President Biden thinks it would pass both chambers.

Commentator Katharine Mieszkowski says the Web has made it a whole lot easier to obtain all kinds of formerly private information.

This week in New York City, toy buyers and toy aficionados are descending on the International Toy Fair. Linda talks with Marianne Szymanski, founder and president of Toy Tips magazine, about what's hot and what's not in the toy business. (4:00) Visit Toy Tips for more information.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told lawmakers on Capitol Hill today that the economy is NOT currently in a recession, but that a serious downturn could not be ruled out.

Tonight, the finals are taking place at the nation's most prestigious dog show: The Westminster Kennel Club Competition. It's happening at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Noah Adams talks to Geraldine Fessalino, Director of Housekeeping for the New York Hotel Pennsylvania, where nine hundred rooms have been reserved for the pets and their owners.

NPR's John McChesney examines an online service that's trying to succeed where Napster failed. FullAudio wants to buy the rights from record companies to resell music over the Internet. FullAudio would then give consumers the ability to download the music to their computer, stereo, or even their car radio, and play it until their subscription runs out.

Reporter Curtis Fox takes us on a visit to Harlem, the storied black neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper West side. White people are buying brownstones and moving in, and trendy, white-owned chains like Starbucks are opening up. Long-time residents are divided about whether or not it means the beginning of the end of Harlem's cultural identity as the "Black Mecca".

Commentator Jim Sollisch explains what people REALLY mean when they concoct too-good-to-be-true self-portraits in personal ads.

NPR's David Welna reports on the visit by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to Capitol Hill to argue for swift action on President Bush's tax cut. Testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, O'Neill's appearance is the opening salvo for the administration's key economic initiative.