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Alan Cheuse reviews a book of short stories called Island, by Alistair MacLeod that take place in his homeland of Nova Scotia.

If all goes according to plan, the space shuttle Discovery will take off early tomorrow morning. It's carrying hardware and a replacement crew for the international space station. NPR's Chris Joyce reports.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem on the installation of Israel's new government, led by right wing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The government includes moderate leftists and right wing extremists and it will command a decisive majority in Israel's parliament.

President Bush has adopted a harder line toward North Korea than his predecessor did. At the White House today Mr. Bush raised doubts as to whether the communist North is keeping agreements it made with former President Clinton. Also at the White House, Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States will not immediately resume the negotiations that the Clinton administration began with Pyongyang. The remarks came as Mr. Bush met with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who is seeking reconciliation with the North. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Robert Siegel talks with Andy Bowers from Pearl Harbor about the Navy inquiry into the collision between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fishing boat. Today is the third day of hearings into the Feb. 9 accident that killed nine Japanese men and boys.

The House of Representatives will vote tomorrow on the first trillion-dollar portion of President Bush's proposed tax cuts, and approval is expected. But the Bush administration and House Republican leaders want a show of bipartisan support to build momentum for a later showdown in the Senate. And, so far at least, only a handful of Democrats are expected to cross the aisle. NPR's David Welna reports.

In his three-part series on the oil century, John Burnett reports that a century ago, a gusher blew on Spindletop Hill in southeast Texas, inaugurating America's infatuation with oil and gas. The first of the great southwest oil fields, Spindletop made America a global energy power, virtually overnight.

Commentator Shai Oster visited a Chinese fortune teller and learned the secret to a long life.

Noah Adams talks with Tom Gjelten about a deadly training accident involving U.S. troops in Kuwait. A U.S. Navy plane accidentally dropped munitions on a bombing range in Kuwait killing at least six people, including four Americans, Pentagon officials said.

President Bush visited Florida for the first time as president today, speaking at Tyndall Air Force Base and addressing a joint meeting of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce in Panama City. The president was greeted by his brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, upon his arrival. But some local Democrats are still nursing wounds from the state's five-week vote-counting debacle last year, and they had a greeting for the president today, too. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.