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NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on today's Supreme Court ruling that upheld the lines for North Carolina's 12th Congressional district. This is the fourth time in litigation for the 12th district, where claims have been made that race was the main factor in its configuration. Congressional mapmakers from other states have been waiting for the court's decision on this case before drawing their own district lines.

Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG examines the origins of the word "apology."

Robert Siegel talks to Bob Drew, a former broadcaster for the Rochester Red Wings, the minor league baseball team that played the longest professional baseball game in history. It happened 20 years ago, against the Pawtuckett Red Sox.

A Pentagon review panel decided today that the experimental V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft known as the Osprey is not yet ready for deployment but should proceed to its next phase of development. Critics have said the design is flawed and that the program should be shelved. Four of the prototypes have crashed so far, and two crashes in the last 18 months cost the lives of 23 American servicemen. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports the Federal Reserve cut short term interest rates by another half percentage point today. It was the fourth cut this year and the second time in this cycle that the Fed cut rates in between regularly scheduled meetings. The stock markets shot up on the news.

Commentator Lis Wiehl, a former federal prosecutor, makes the case against the right to privacy for strangers staying in a stranger's home.

Anthony Kuhn reports there was no progress in the first day of U.S./Chinese talks to resolve disputes left over from the April 1 collision of an American surveillance plane and Chinese jet fighter. Beijing wants U.S. surveillance flights in the area to end. Washington says they will not end. Meanwhile, the damaged U.S. plane is still in Chinese hands.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that environmental groups and organized labor have suffered some setbacks in recent weeks -- as the Bush Administration has moved to block or undo Clinton era regulations. President Bush wants the federal government to do a much better job examining the costs and benefits of proposed regulations. The man he selected as the chief regulatory gatekeeper for his administration is an expert in the field of risk analysis.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the Israeli army is calling up large numbers of reservists to deal with the ongoing violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Some reservists complain that too many Israelis are successfully evading their national duty while others question the morality of serving in occupied territories.

In the first extensive briefing on the April first collision between a U.S. surveillance plane and a Chinese jet fighter, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US plane did not change course until after the collision. And the crew did, Rumsfeld said, frequently issue maydays, alerting China that it was about to make an emergency landing. The Pentagon released video of earlier encounters with Chinese jets in the region, showing how close they flew to the American surveillance craft. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.