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NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that despite census figures showing greater diversity and less segregation in the U.S., many big city neighborhoods are still divided along racial lines.

Tomorrow NASA will launch its latest mission to Mars: a small spacecraft designed to study the red planet from its orbit. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on NASA's efforts to minimize the risk of failure.

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times applauds the new movie "Spy Kids," an adventure fantasy about two kids who discover their parents were once glamorous globetrotting secret agents. Robert Rodriguez, who also directed "El Mariachi" and "From Dusk till Dawn," departs from the slasher and adult adventure films he has made in the past to create a successful family film.

NPR's Andrea Dukakis reports on a new immigrant education class for arrested immigrants offered by Colorado's Eagle County courts.

John discusses the week's News with senior analyst Dan Schorr.

This Sunday marks the anniversary of one of the worst school disasters in U.S. history-- the 1937 gas explosion at the New London Consolidated School in Rusk County, Texas. John talks to Mollie Ward, who saw the blast as a New London fourth-grader and now directs a new museum dedicated to the tragedy.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the current problems facing the postal service. For the past two years, it has lost money and is expecting to lose money again this year. And that may mean closing post offices in smaller towns. Not to mention another increase in the cost of a first class stamp.

Vintner Robert Mondavi hopes to begin planting a vinyard in France. But the idea of a California winery isn't going over well in the heart of Gaul. NPR's Sarah Chayes reports.

John talks with Nigel Collins of The Ring magazine about Muhammed Ali's recent apology to former opponent Joe Frazier

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on a town meeting in Annapolis, Maryland held by Senators McCain and Feingold on their campaign finance bill.