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Maura Ferrelly of Georgia Public Radio reports that residents of Savannah, Georgia are divided over a statue that would commemorate slaves and their contribution to the city. The focus of the controversy is an inscription on the proposed slave memorial by poet Maya Angelou describing the horrors of the "middle passage," the voyage slaves took from Africa to the New World. Opponents say the inscription is divisive, others believe it is an accurate reflection of the voyage.

Yesterday's scheduled auto race -- the Firestone Firehawk 600 -- at the Texas Motor Speedway was postponed after it became clear that drivers practicing on the course were experiencing dizziness. Noah Adams talks with Dr. Steve Olvey, the medical director for Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. in Miami, Florida about the course and the "G" forces involved.

Legislators in North Carolina and throughout the Southeast and Midwest are proposing cuts in higher education to deal with their budget shortfalls. North Carolina has called for a 7 percent reduction in higher education. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports the proposal has met with student protest rallies and prompted administrators to say they will have to cut course selections and lay off faculty.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Berlin on a controversial exhibit that is drawing huge crowds. The artist -- German anatomy professor Gunther Von Hagens -- mummifies human and animal organs and bodies by immersing them in a polymer solution. He then poses and displays the bodies. Von Hagens says his exhibit is intended to "enlighten" the public, and indeed many visitors see it as educational. The Roman Catholic Church, however, sees it as a perversion.

Commentator Stacy Horn has learned her mother has a terminal disease. She finds some comfort in an unlikely place -- an episode of television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, called The Body.

Monday marks the 100th day of President Bush's administration, and he's celebrating the occasion by inviting the entire Congress to lunch at the White House. NPR's David Welna reports. (5:30) Check out NPR News coverage of Bush's First 100 Days.

The AFL-CIO has designated April 28 as Workers' Memorial Day to remember American worker fatalities on the job. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Ron Hayes, the founder of FIGHT: Families in Grief Hold Together.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including former Senator Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), discussing a raid he led, 32 years ago, in which about 13 Vietnamese civillians were killed; Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joseph Allbaugh and Davenport, Iowa, Mayor Phil Yerington; Representatives Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.); Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, on the Navy's decision not to seek a court-martial of Commander Scott Waddle; Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Quiye, speaking through a translator, and President George W. Bush.

Liane talks with Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of the Weekly Standard, and Doyle McManus, Washington Bureau Chief of the Los Angeles Times, for an assessment of President Bush's first 100 days in office.

Commentator Frank Deford isn't sure members of the clergy belong in the locker room. Deford alleges that many team chaplains are using the guise of Christianity to cozy up to their favorite sports celebrities.