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Critics say California created its own power crisis with a deregulation plan that let wholesale prices rise and fall without letting retail prices follow. Proponents of deregulation say it works when all players take part in the give and take of market supply and demand. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Ratings for the XFL are dropping fast. The new football league's viewership is down 63 percent since its debut on NBC. Linda talks with Time magazine staff writer Joel Stein, who suggests some reasons for the XFL's problems.

There will be organized protests against rapper Eminem's presence at this year's Grammy Awards. NPR's Rick Karr reports on the controversy and the music behind it.

After her 40th birthday, Stacy Horn started playing drums. Recently she got to play with rock legend Eric Clapton at Carnegie Hall.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports an FBI agent has been charged with spying for Moscow for more than 15 years. Robert Philip Hanssen is accused of trading highly classified information for cash and diamonds.

Noah Adams talks to Pete Earley, author of Confession of a Spy: The Real Story of Aldrich Ames, about what motivates spies. He says the biggest motivator is money. (4:15) Earley's book was published by Bantam Books, 1988.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports from Saint Louis, Mo., where she is accompanying President Bush as he tries to make the case for his education and tax cut proposals. Mr. Bush also visited Ohio today.

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.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports that environmentalists have been crusading against the Mafia to restore the beauty and ecological health of Lake Pergusa.

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.