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NPR's Peter Overby reports from Washington, D.C., about the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform bill. After years of being blocked by partisan politics, McCain-Feingold may finally pass, effectively changing the rules of political fundraising. (4:01) For more NPR News coverage on the issue, check out Money, Power & Influence.

Commentator Frank Deford observes the evolution of women's sports. While they're gaining more popularity, he says the players have gotten downright vicious in their struggle to survive.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Edward Goldberg, Director of the Medici Archive Project, about his work with the Medici family archive in Florence, Italy. The archive is a collection of virtually every letter sent or received by the Medici court during its rule from the mid-1500s to the mid-1700s. The correspondence reveals a great deal about Italian art and early modern European history. Goldberg and his colleagues are documenting and digitizing each letter, and hope to have the project complete by 2012. (6:28) For more on the project, check out our Medici Archive Web page.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports China continues to hold 24 U.S. service men and women and their surveillance plane, which was damaged in a mid-air collision with a Chinese jet fighter on Sunday. Today, the United States issued a conciliatory statement expressing regret that a Chinese pilot was apparently killed in the accident. But the U.S. stopped short of an apology. It says the U.S. crew was not to blame for the collision.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr compares two incidents involving American spy planes: the current standoff with China over the damaged EP-3E and the 1960 standoff with Russia over a downed U-2.

The Post Office is considering cutbacks in an effort to reduce its costs. Among the ideas on the table, is stopping Saturday delivery. Linda talks with Dave Hirschman, who covers the U.S. Postal Service for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.

NPR's Kate Seelye in southern Lebanon reports on the Shiite Muslim holiday of Ashura when men whip and mutilate themselves to honor a seventh century martyr. There is increasing opposition to this ritual bloodletting both from Iran's influential Shiite leaders and from the Lebanese guerrilla group, Hizbollah.

With Passover approaching this weekend, the search is on by many Jewish families for Kosher beef brisket for their Passover Seder. Brisket has become the traditional Passover entree for many families. But with changes in imports because of foot-and-mouth disease and a fire at a Kosher slaughterhouse in Kansas, brisket is in extremely short supply this year. Robert Siegel talks with Jay Parker, owner of Ben's Best Kosher Deli in Rego Park, Queens, New York.

Members of Congress today asked NASA whether the agency can contain cost overruns for the International Space Station. The White House wants NASA to curtail construction on the station in order to make up for budget problems. Some members of Congress seem worried that the station won't be much good if it's missing key components. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

Funded by a million dollar government grant, the Anti-Defamation League, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence will be looking at new ways to use technology to prevent hate crimes. NPR's Lynn Neary reports the program begins with an interactive Web site.