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Alan Cheuse, who teaches writing at George Mason University in Virginia, reviews a new collection of short stories by Rick Moody, titled Demonology. (3:15) Demonology is published by Little Brown and Company.

Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Barak will not take on the position of defense minister in the new Israeli government. Barak told incoming Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today that he had changed his mind. Noah Adams talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem.

Noah Adams and Linda Wertheimer have a story on a racehorse that couldn't win a race.

NPR's Shirley Jahad reports on two religious organizations in Washington, D.C. that operate residential drug treatment programs. The White House Office on Faith-Based and Community initiatives officially opened for business today.

Noah reads some of this week's letters from listeners. (2:30) Send mail to: Letters, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC, 20001. The e-mail address is atc@npr.org.

The state of California is spending vast amounts of money to buy electricity. It has already shelled out more than 2-billion-dollars for scarce power on the volatile spot market. And now the state is preparing to borrow a record $10 billion to secure a reliable supply of electricity for the long-term. Scott Horsley of member station KPBS reports.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports the government of Colombia is trying to negotiate a second demilitarized zone, a place to conduct peace talks with the country's second largest rebel group. The government already has established a peace zone in the south, with the largest insurgency. The new zone would be in the north.

Commentator Marion Winik recalls the day she locked her baby in her car. She got exactly the right kind of help from a source she wouldn't have expected.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on McCamey Texas, a tapped-out oil town that's in the middle of a wealth of wind power. While the developers and investors in the wind projects stand to earn millions, McCamey gave away it's chance to collect major property tax revenues from the wind farms.

The state of Massachusetts won a settlement worth more than $7 billion from tobacco companies to cover the cost of treating sick smokers. But the state has also continued to seize assets from the families of those smokers to cover the cost of Medicaid payments. Attorney Louis Massery filed a class action lawsuit against the state on behalf of the families of dead smokers, accusing the state of double-dipping. Noah Adams talks with Massery about the suit.