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Linda talks with Dr. Bernadine Healy, President and C.E.O. of the American Red Cross, about a ban on blood donations because of a fear of Mad Cow Disease. Healy says a ban of blood donations from people who lived in Western Europe anytime after 1980 could apply to six percent of Red Cross donors, and could cause a serious shortage.

While July 4 celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, WHYY's Brad Linder reports on the new National Constitution Center museum in Philadelphia that lets visitors explore the U.S. Constitution. See some photos from the center, and explore more about the U.S. Constitution.

Before departing Texas for Washington, D.C., Bush named Stanford professor Condoleezza Rice his national security adviser and Justice Alberto Gonzales to the White House counsel's job. Rice, who served as a national security aide in the administration of former President Bush, is the second black to be named to George W. Bush's foreign policy team. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Commentator Mark Jenkins was a student at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. He says the new film Remember the Titans, which is based on events in at Williams High that year, doesn't square with his memory of the school.

For nearly 30 years, school officials in Charlotte, N.C., have been under court order to consider race when making student assignments. A group of parents filed a lawsuit challenging that policy, seeking the end of busing for desegregation. The case, which has lasted three years and produced two contradictory legal decisions, will be heard by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals tomorrow. Writer Andrea Cooper longs for the day when it's easy to answer the question, "Where is your child going to school?"

NPR's David Welna traveled home with Kentucky Congressman Ken Lucas, the state's only Democratic representative in Washington, D.C. and reports on Lucas' meetings with his constituents. The visits came just days before President Bush was to address a joint session of Congress on his new budget proposals. Lucas, whose district voted for Bush, is one of the most conservative members of his own party, and is one of the Democrats whom the president is hoping to win over. The two-term House member says that he and his district are in sync on most of issues.

Noah interviews John C. Jeffries Jr., Professor of Law at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and author of Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., about the phrase "constitutional crisis," and whether it's really applicable to the current presidential election. Jeffries says it reminds him of his days as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., a Nixon appointee, during the Watergate crisis.

On the 37th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, Nancy Marshall reports on today's "Redeem the Dream" march in Washington, D.C. Demonstrators are demanding an end to racial profiling and police brutality.

In the first of a series to help with the mad dash of holiday cooking, Alton Brown, host of The Food Network show '"Good Eats" and author of "I'm Just Here for More Food," offers some baking tips. He explains the secrets and science behind a perfect pie crust.

Edward C. Walker, the inventor of the Lava Lamp, has died. Noah talks with Cressida Granger about Walker and his creation. She is the managing director and owner of Mathmos, which now owns and sells Lava Lamps.