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News drives the currency markets, so the traders at Global FX reacted quickly when the latest unemployment numbers were released Friday. Owner Andrew Spanton trains currency traders, but most won't make the cut.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, being held this week near Washington, D.C.

Commentator Molly Ivins shows off her proficiency in "Bush Speak", a new dialect in Washington, D.C.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports on today's visit to Washington, D.C., by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. Peres will meet with President Bush to discuss a ceasefire initiative in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The proposal was the genesis of talks with Egypt and Jordan who are looking to help end the nearly eight months of violence in Israel.

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.

Scott talks with two of the thirteen people who took a Freedom Ride from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans in 1961. At the time he joined the ride, B. Elton Cox was minister living in High Point, North Carolina. Edward Blankenheim was a student at the University of Arizona.

The federal transportation bill just signed into law says that states must adopt a 0.08 blood-alcohol level as their legal standard for D.U.I. or they'll lose federal highway funds. But a number of state lawmakers across the country aren't happy with this mandate. They see this is an issue of states rights and in Wyoming the legislature may even be prepared to lose the federal dollars to make a point. From Wyoming Public Radio, Aaron Alpern reports.

Linda Wertheimer and Robert Siegel read some of the letters received by listeners this week at All Things Considered. (4:00) Send e-mail to atc@npr.org. Send regular post to "Letters," All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., 20001.

NPR's Cynthia Johnston reports on the proposed solutions to the congested roads that plague commuters in the Washington, D.C., area. Many say another bridge across the Potomac River is necessary, but others fear the consequences such expansion would have on a nearby agricultural reserve.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports from Washington, D.C., about this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize recipients, Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The two have been friends since childhood.