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NPR's David Welna reports on the first day of Senate debate on the latest version of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. Although the two senators have introduced the bill six times in the last six years, this is the first time it's been fully debated. (4:16) Check out more NPR News coverage of Power, Money & Influence.

Marion Winik talks about the woes of adult children dealing with dating parents. The role reversal includes questioning whether mom's date measures-up, and is she practicing safe sex? In the end, though, what we really want for our dating parents is true love -- and we want to be able to go for it.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that California is having its first "Stage 3" power alert since January. Blackouts took place throughout the state.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, which is holding its annual meeting this week in Arlington, Virginia. For the past eight years, the true-believers who attended this conference were known for their anger at President Clinton, his policies and his transgressions. This year there is a Republican in the White House, and the GOP controls both houses of Congress. So what is there to be angry about?

NPR Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports on this week's talks between the Bush administration and a visiting trio of envoys from Israel's Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon.

Women in Baharain voted for the first time this week in a two-day referendum on political reforms. It's the first referendum in that Persian Gulf country since it gained independence from Great Britain in 1971. Linda Werthheimer talks with Howard Schneider, Cairo bureau chief for the Washington Post about politics in Bahrain and conclusion of the vote.

NPR's Eric Weiner tells Linda Wertheimer that the latest information about the accident between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fishing vessel off the coast of Hawaii is dominating the news in Japan.

NPR's Barbara Bradley explains how prosecutors investigate and build cases when they suspect a public official has been bribed. The U.S. Attorney in New York is investigating whether President Clinton's pardon of the fugitive multimillionaire Marc Rich was given in return for contributions by Rich's ex-wife to Democratic causes. Prosecutors say it's hard to prove criminal intent, but bribery cases have been successful with circumstantial evidence.

Commentator Sherry Sontag, an investigative journalist and author, argues that if everything had been done by the rules, the submarine would never have hit the Japanese trawler. By holding back the answers to key questions while it investigates, the Navy compounds the impression of incompetence by appearing evasive.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports the wireless Web is a sensation in Japan, where more people use their mobile phones to access the Internet than use personal computers. Like the 1980s Walkman craze, portable Web surfing devices caught on first with young people.