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Host Bob Edwards talks with Commentator John Feinstein about the Number One regional picks of the NCAA Basketball Committee. (4:34).

President Bush visited Florida for the first time as president today, speaking at Tyndall Air Force Base and addressing a joint meeting of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce in Panama City. The president was greeted by his brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, upon his arrival. But some local Democrats are still nursing wounds from the state's five-week vote-counting debacle last year, and they had a greeting for the president today, too. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

David Greenberger reviews the new CD from singer/songwriter Dave Fischoff, called The Ox and the Rainbow. Fischoff has a distinctive, quiet, spare sound, with intimate arrangements. His songs usually consist of a solo guitar and no other voices but his, with a deep resonating bass drone that makes his work more mysterious and melancholy. The CD is on Secretly Canadian Records; they're a small independent label from Bloomington, Ind.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the low income housing issues facing the new Bush administration. President Bush has proposed budgeting more money to provide more down payment help for low income people who can buy a house -- and to provide more subsidies for renters. But housing activists say neither program would address the current shortage of low income housing.

Noah Adams talks with San Francisco public librarian Jerry Roth about today's vote to allow the San Francisco Public Library to hire a collection agency to recover thousands of unreturned items. Each year, the library system loses nearly half-a-million dollars in books, CDs, videos and other materials.

Globalization appears to be a mixed blessing: the global economy is making life better for some people, and hurting others, sometimes in unexpected ways. Daniel Zwerdling of NPR News and American RadioWorks has a story about how an obscure kind of international trade -- used tires -- might be making the country more vulnerable to disease. (12:30) Read more about Mosquitoes and Tires.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that stocks were down sharply on Wall Street today. The NASDAQ composite fell below 2000 for the first time in more than two years. The technology heavy index is down more than 60 percent from its high of a year ago. The blue chips that make up the Dow Industrial Index were also under heavy selling pressure.

Noah Adams talks with Donna Thomasses, founder of Million Moms March about some of the changes the Million Mom March Organization has made. A year ago, the organization had thousands of members, but, this year, the organization has laid off 30 employees due to lack of funds. Thomasses says there are still chapters nationwide with volunteers doing the work, and now the national organization is looking for new ways to fulfill its mission.

AIDS activists protest in Washington, D.C., today. South African Ambassador Sheila Sisulu joins representatives from ACT UP, Oxfam, and Doctors Without Borders at a rally "to demand an end to 'medical apartheid'". The rally included a march to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association.

The use of biometrics -- identifying people on the basis of physical characteristics -- was once used mainly for law enforcement purposes. Now, it is becoming more common to identify everyday Americans. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on a Pennsylvania school district that uses fingerprint technology to identify schoolchildren in the lunchroom.