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NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks to Katherine Graham and Michael Beschloss about journalist Meg Greenfield's memoir Washington. When Greenfield died last year, she left behind a memoir of her life in the capital. Only Beshcloss -- a fellow pundit -- knew about it; now he's helped get it published. Both Beschloss and Graham, the former publisher of the Washington Post, remember Greenfield -- and her beloved baloney sandwiches. {Publisher of Washington, by Meg Greenfield is Public Affairs }

NPR's Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports on a case before the Supreme Court. Tobacco companies are challenging a Massachusetts law that would limit outdoor advertising for their products. They say it's a violation of the right to commercial free speech; Massachusetts says its law is written carefully to prevent the companies from marketing to children.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on today's arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court over limits imposed on tobacco advertising by the state of Massachusetts. At question is whether the state has the power to restrict ads for a product that is legal for adults, illegal for children, and dangerous and addictive for everyone.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that IBM officials say its new ad campaign is cutting edge. They're painting graffiti-like symbols on Chicago's sidewalks. But city officials call it vandalism and are insisting the company pay big money to clean-up the ads.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on new studies that seem to disprove the theory that the virus that causes AIDS was first transmitted to humans in tainted polio vaccine during the late 1950's. The evidence against that theory appears in today's issue of the journal Nature.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on a new FAA study that determines how many flights can be handled at the nation's major airports, without any delay. The report also recommends improvements to alleviate the growing problem of flight delays.

Commentator Ev Ehrlich says it will take more than a rate cut by the Federal Reserve to keep the U.S. economy out of recession.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on medical research showing that a drug used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder, can be effective in treating children who suffer from extreme anxiety. The drug is called fluvoxamene. The research is published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine

NPR's Martin Kaste reports that South American currencies are dropping in value, and many are laying blame on Argentina, which is mired in debt and recession.

Noah Adams and Linda Wertheimer remember Dr. Meyer Friedman, the cardiologist who coined the concept of "Type A behavior." Dr. Friedman has died at the age of 90.