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Commentator Donna D'Amico Mayer chronicles a day in the life of a nurse in a psychiatric emergency room. She calls it "the emergency room of the soul," where patients don't get cures, but are kept safe...at least for the moment.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that US planes flying over the extended "no-fly" zone in southern Iraq deflected challenges from Iraqi MiGs and one surface-to-air missile radar today, the second day of US cruise missile attacks on Iraqi air defense systems.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports there was no let-up in the violence in the West Bank and Gaza Friday despite an Israeli decision to seal off the Palestinian territories..

Bob Mondello reviews the film Thirteen Days, starring Bruce Greenwood as President Kennedy and Kevin Costner as a presidential advisor. The movie is based on the book The Kennedy Tapes--Instead the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis. The story starts in October of 1962, when President John F. Kennedy announced the U.S. response to the presence of medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba. For the following week, Soviet military vessels raced toward the Caribbean as the rest of the world held its breath. The film opened today in New York and Los Angeles.

NPR's John Ydstie reports on "tax freedom day" the day the Tax Foundation tells us is the day we begin working for ourselves and not to pay taxes. This year the average American has to work until May 7th in order to satisfy his tax liabilites, according to the Foundation. But critics argue the concept of a tax freedom day makes little sense...since your taxes are used to provide services you use year-round.

Scott with some thoughts about Inauguration Day.

On this Father's Day, essayist Andy Borowitz compares himself to the model father of the moment, Ozzy Osbourne.

On this mother's day, we share this story by writer Bev Donofrio. She recalls a mother's day holiday in the 1970's, when she and some women friends went out for a picnic and baseball game with their kids. The moral: it's tough to be a mom...but it has it's good sides too.

NPR's John Burnett reports on a day in the life of a Democratic party leader in a state where the election will be tight. Trey Ourso works 14 hours a day to ensure support for his party's candidates -- getting out the vote, organizing campaign workers, and attending fund-raisers. (7:10

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports that, with tax day almost here, many Americans are still grappling with our complex tax code system.