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There are a couple of big steps to get through before U.S. kids under 12 might be able to get the vaccine. Here's how the process works and when the shots could arrive.

NPR's Shirley Jahad reports on two religious organizations in Washington, D.C. that operate residential drug treatment programs. The White House Office on Faith-Based and Community initiatives officially opened for business today.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on McCamey Texas, a tapped-out oil town that's in the middle of a wealth of wind power. While the developers and investors in the wind projects stand to earn millions, McCamey gave away it's chance to collect major property tax revenues from the wind farms.

The state of California is spending vast amounts of money to buy electricity. It has already shelled out more than 2-billion-dollars for scarce power on the volatile spot market. And now the state is preparing to borrow a record $10 billion to secure a reliable supply of electricity for the long-term. Scott Horsley of member station KPBS reports.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that one of British television's most successful mystery series, Inspector Morse, comes to an end on US public television tonight. Colin Dexter's character makes his final appearance. The Jag-driving, Wagner-loving melancholy inspector has investigated 81 murders in Oxford, England, over the course of the 13-year series.

Commentator Marion Winik recalls the day she locked her baby in her car. She got exactly the right kind of help from a source she wouldn't have expected.

Actor J.P. Manoux has gotten what could be his big break on network television. He'll appear on an upcoming episode of Nash Bridges, or at least a part of him will.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports the government of Colombia is trying to negotiate a second demilitarized zone, a place to conduct peace talks with the country's second largest rebel group. The government already has established a peace zone in the south, with the largest insurgency. The new zone would be in the north.

Noah reads some of this week's letters from listeners. (2:30) Send mail to: Letters, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC, 20001. The e-mail address is atc@npr.org.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from the Hague where the war crimes tribunal convicted three Bosnian Serbs today in a landmark prosecution of rape and sexual enslavement as crimes against humanity.

The state of Massachusetts won a settlement worth more than $7 billion from tobacco companies to cover the cost of treating sick smokers. But the state has also continued to seize assets from the families of those smokers to cover the cost of Medicaid payments. Attorney Louis Massery filed a class action lawsuit against the state on behalf of the families of dead smokers, accusing the state of double-dipping. Noah Adams talks with Massery about the suit.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on backlash against former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader.

For a psychiatrist, cigarettes can be a tool of therapy. Commentator Elissa Ely knows the unhealthy habit of smoking is a powerful motivation for patients in the psych ward.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that thousands of colleagues of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt gathered for a brief memorial service today in Charlotte, N.C.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on a new study out today concluding that there's no proof that devices intended to help smokers quit actually reduce lung and heart disease or are safe to use over long periods.

The sporadic fighting that continues in the air above Iraq flared again today as US planes struck anti-aircraft artillery installations and surface-to-air missile sites in northern Iraq. And Pentagon officials today admitted that some of the weapons used in last week's mission landed well off their targets. From the Pentagon, NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with White House economic and national security advisor Daleep Singh about President Biden's goals for the G20 Rome summit as he faces economic and political challenges.

Michael Epstein explains that a good line can get a hacker who's looking to steal confidential information past all the digital protection measures a company can muster. The newest line of security helps companies keep their secrets from even the smoothest talkers.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with reporter Chris Morris about the drastic recent downturn in the Turkish economy. Turkey floated its currency, the lira, yesterday, which quickly lost a quarter of its value. The tumble was sparked by a public feud between Turkey's president and prime minister.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that scientists have found evidence that a mass extinction may have been caused by a comet hitting the earth-- millions of years BEFORE dinosaurs walked the earth.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Andy Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, about the results of the first poll to measure President Bush's approval ratings. The poll suggests that Americans like the president, but remain uncertain about his policies.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the unresolved status of the compensation the German government agreed to pay to those who were forced to work in the Nazi war industry. Former laborers have yet to be paid, and the Germans say they won't be until several class-action lawsuits in the U.S. are dropped.

Host Bob Edwards talks about a 130-vehicle pile-up in Northern Virginia yesterday, caused by a snowstorm that blew through the area.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Last Resort. Set in a London apartment building that acts as a holding station for people seeking political asylum, the film offers a gritty, realistic view of life as a refugee.

A scented room spray has caused a cluster of rare bacterial infections in the South and Midwest. 3,900 bottles of the room spray are being recalled, and users are being warned to bleach their sheets.