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Robert Siegel talks with Ian F. Hanley Lopez, professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, about changing definitions in the United States of who is white. Lopez is the author of White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race.

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.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Dennis Lehane about his latest book, called Mystic River, which follows three friends as youngsters and adults and the dark events in their lives.

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.

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.

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 Jack Speer reports that many businessess are eagerly anticipating the release of U.S. census numbers. Companies use the information to track demographics, helping them to plan where to open branches and to what group of people they'll market their products. The Census Bureau say no one should be worried about privacy, since an individual's information cannot be tracked.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that an exhibit currently at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art features a small Dutch canvas believed to be a previously unrecognized work by Johannes Vermeer. If this Lady at the Virginal is indeed a Vermeer, Sotheby's say it could be worth as much as $60 million. The exhibit of works by Vermeer and his contemporaries moves to London's National Gallery in June.

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

Subcommander Marcos, leader of Mexico's Zapatista rebels, winds up a two week trek to Mexico City with a rally of supporters at Mexico City's central square. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports that Marcos and his followers will enter into negotiations for Indian rights and autonomy with President Fox and his new government.