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Reese Erlich reports from Jamaica on the dramatic drop in homicides in Kingston's most dangerous neighborhoods.

Host Renee Montagne talks with the authors of Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the hard-fought progress of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill in the Senate. The bill's main challenger is Republican Chuck Hagel who proposes a cap on soft money -- instead of the McCain-Feingold plan to eliminate it entirely. (4:24) Check out NPR News coverage of Money, Power & Influence.

Commentator Farai Chideya says her website never got capital investment, and these days, she's glad.

Writer John McIlwraith has been told he has stomach cancer, he will have surgery tomorrow. To prepare for the surgery he decided to celebrate his digestive organ in a unique way.

NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports on a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Studies now show that babies exposed to cocaine in the womb run roughly the same risk of developmental problems as those exposed to alcohol or tobacco.

In Morning Edition's series of college application essays from high school seniors, Leo Stoscheck says he considers the coyotes, peepers and trees of his family's land in New York state, his first classroom.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that the chief of National Forest Service is stepping down. Mike Dombeck says his land management philosophy of stewardship over development is out of sync with the views of the Bush administration.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Michigan about President Bush's efforts to garner public support for his tax-cut plan. In a speech yesterday in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Mr. Bush responded to those who claim his lack of confidence in the economy is amplifying the recent downturn.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on a case before the Supreme Court today examining the legality of marijuana for medical purposes. Californians approved a ballot initiative five years ago decriminalizing pot for "medical necessities," but the drug remains illegal in federal law. The federal government argues that its law preempts the state one, since it has exercised the right to make laws approving drugs. (7:25) Check out NPR News coverage of the Supreme Court.

Sports commentator Frank Deford winds-up for baseball's spring training with a strike zone pitch.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on the case of Navy Petty Officer Daniel King, who was held for 500 days on suspicion of spying for Russia without being charged. A military judge ordered King's release, saying the Navy didn't have enough evidence to try him. During King's lengthy detention, from September of 1999 to earlier this month, he was not allowed to have a lawyer. The Navy says King waived his right to legal representation. It's defending itself against criticism that it conducted interrogations that lasted for up to 19 continuous hours, over a 26-day period. The lawyers King now has maintain that the Navy hid audio tapes that supported his claims of innocence.

NPR's Rick Karr reports on a copyright battle between a freelance writer and The New York Times. Writer Jonathan Tasini says the Times didn't own his articles and therefore was not authorized to sell them to online periodicals and CD-ROMS with old issues of the newspaper.

The Internet is spawning a host of new businesses trying to make a buck by providing access to the Web. One entrepreneur is trying to provide service to certain metropolitan areas by keeping a solar-powered airplane circling overhead at 50,000 feet -- sort of a satellite system that's not in outer space. Robert Sigel talks with Marc E. Arnold, chief executive of Angel Technologies in St. Louis, Mo. He joins us by phone from Los Angeles.

This is a landmark year for the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Ky. The Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and its first change of leadership. Naomi Lewin, of member station WGUC, reports.

Commentator Susan Katz Miller remarks on life as the child of an inter-faith marriage. Her mother is Protestant. Her father is Jewish.

It means voters have few clues so far about where these candidates have earned their money, where they invested or to whom they owe personal debts.

NPR's David Welna reports from the Capitol on the other matter the Senate took up late yesterday after passing McCain-Feingold -- President Bush's budget proposal. The House passed that measure quickly and easily, but prospects for Senate passage are less certain.

President Bush wants access to the crew of an EP3 U.S. Navy spy plane, which made an emergency landing in southern China after a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter jet.

Robert Siegel talks about the American reconnaissance plane with James Bamford, author of two books about the National Security Agency: The Puzzle Palace, and the soon to be published Body of Secrets. (4:15) The Puzzle Palace is published by Viking Penguin. Body of Secrets is due for publication at the end of the month by Doubleday.

Prime Minister Tony Blair has postponed local elections in England and Wales for five weeks -- a signal that there will be no general election, at least until this summer.

In the first interview of a series on money, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on multi-billionaire George Soros -- a retired financier who is now out to save the world.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on today's White House meeting between President Bush and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr hails the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic as one of the rare accomplishments of withholding American aid.

Robert Siegel talks to Matt Sheehan, editor in chief of The Diamondback, the University of Maryland student newspaper, about violence on campus after Maryland's basketball team lost to Duke in the NCAA Final Four this past weekend.