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NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports that both sides have reached a tentative agreement in the month-long public transit strike in Los Angeles. If the union and transit authority ratify the accord, buses could be back on the road tomorrow.

Banning Eyre reviews A Lo Cubano by the Cuban hip-hop quartet called Orishas. While spin-off releases related to the Buena Vista Social Club are captivating music fans outside Cuba, on the island of Cuba, the Orishas are big. This band is now based in France, though they insist they are not in political exile.

President Bush today outlined his thoughts on trade in the Western Hemisphere at a meeting of the Organization of American States. The president said he hoped to see completion of a Free Trade Area of the Americas -- potentially the largest free trade zone in the world -- by the year 2005. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Commentator Matt Miller says Democrats need to find a new political approach that's different from both George W. Bush's "Compassionate Conservatism" and Bill Clinton's "Third Way." He uses the health care issue to illustrate his point and suggests the "Fourth Way" as a name.

NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports that Los Angeles' Hollywood-style police chases may soon be curtailed. New Police Chief William Bratton proposes banning a majority of chases, citing an alarming rise in collisions resulting in injury, and sometimes the death of innocent bystanders.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with Jane Juska about her new book, A Round Heeled Woman, in which she tells the story of how, at age 66, she placed a personal ad stating her desire to have sex with a man she likes. She received more than 60 responses and had a number of encounters.

Federal authorities are investigating after a Chinese woman carrying malware was arrested at Mar-a-Lago. Former Secret Service agent Larry Johnson speaks to NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Best-selling personal health author Deepak Chopra recently published a book on the path to higher consciousness -- the golf-cart path. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Chopra about 'Golf for Enlightenment' and the writer's life and successful wellness career.

The one-legged orphan in Liberia had figured out how to use a crutch as an improvised prosthetic leg. But he wanted the real deal.

Melissa Block and Robert Siegel read listener's responses to a profile of the classic children's book, A Wrinkle In Time.