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NPR's Pam Fessler reports from Saint Louis, Mo., where she is accompanying President Bush as he tries to make the case for his education and tax cut proposals. Mr. Bush also visited Ohio today.

Film director Stanley Kramer has died at a California hospital. He was 87. Kramer was famed for his work on classic films including Inherit the Wind, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, and High Noon.

NPR's Anne Garrels examines how some residents of Russia are having difficulty proving their citizenship. The country had promised that anyone from the former Soviet Union could apply for Russian citizenship. But officials have rescinded that offer, leaving countless former Soviet citizens wondering about their immigration status.

NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has handed out a ruling that clears the way for schools to sue athletic associations in order to fight recruiting restrictions and penalties. The court ruled 5 to 4 that such actions represent an unfair restriction of the schools' First Amendment rights.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Dr. Marvin Ott, a professor at the National War College, about the arrest of alleged spy Robert Phillip Hanssen and its implications for the FBI and national security.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that a new study claims to have found a correlation between the amount of traffic in Atlanta and the number of children making trips to the hospital due to asthma attacks. The study looked at reduced traffic during the 1996 Olympic Games and the corresponding decrease in recorded asthma attacks.

NPR's Robert Smith reports on the day after the major earthquake in Seattle. Officials are touring the area, assessing damage and everyone is cleaning up.

The earthquake that hit Seattle wasn't that much of a surprise -- the area is seismically active and geologists expect this kind of thing. But as NPR's David Kestenbaum reports, it does provide some lessons on what breaks and how to build better.

Eight-hundred and forty pounds of cocaine were uncovered in a tunnel on Monday by U.S. Customs Special Agents. The handmade tunnel runs about 25 feet from a sewer to a house. This is the sixth tunnel found in Nogales since 1995. Robert Siegel talks with Matthew Allen, group supervisor for the Office of Investigative Services for U.S. Customs, about the tunnel.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on today's congressional hearing on the continuing Clinton pardon dispute. The House Government Reform Committee called Democratic donor Beth Dozoretz to testify about her knowledge of lobbying on behalf of a pardon for fugitive Marc Rich. Dozoretz invoked her fifth amendment right against self-incrimination and answered no questions. The panel also questioned former top Clinton aides. Clinton had waived his right to executive privilege, allowing them to testify.