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Scott with some thoughts about that story out of China, where it was disclosed that children were killed while making fireworks at school.

North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports on two online dictionaries which are helping police, parents, and social workers understand the jargon used for drugs.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that the Bush administration is reviewing strategic defence policies, including all those relating to U.S. nuclear weapons. Ten years after the Cold War there have been few changes in U.S. nuclear weapons policy. But that may all change under the new Bush administration which may seriously consider unilaterally reducing the U.S. stocks of nuclear warheads because they are not needed for defence or deterrence.

NPR's Don Gonyea has been travelling with the President and reports on Mr. Bush's efforts to gain Senatorial support for his tax cut plan.

All this week, the Navy has been conducting a Court of Inquiry into the Feb. 9 collision between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fishing trawler. The surfacing USS Greeneville crippled the fishing vessel and sent nine of its passengers down with it. The first week of testimony has left many questions unanswered, but it may finally have begun the process of healing for the victims' families and for relations between the two countries. From Honolulu, NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

Host Scott Simon talks with Deborah Bishop, co-author of Hello Midnight: An Insomniac's Literary Bedside Companion about why and how she wrote a book on Insomnia.

Commentator Judith Rich Harris says at times there isn't much a parent can do to prevent a child from using a gun at school and that signs are often not obvious. She says the best preventive measure is simply not to own guns.

Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discusses the issue of a leader's health -- in light of Vice President Cheney's condition -- with Jerrold Post, George Washington University psychiatrist and coauthor of When Illness Strikes the Leader, and Donald Ritchie, Associate Historian in the Senate Historical Office.

Scott reviews the news of the week with senior news analyst Daniel Schorr.

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has expressed his intention to resign. Scott speaks with NPR's Eric Weiner.