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Florida reported 31 hepatitis A cases last week, bringing the total this year to 387, according to newly released data from the state Department of…

Robert and Noah read listeners' comments. To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20001. The e-mail address for contacting All Things Considered is ATC at NPR dot ORG. 18. PAINTING THE HOUSE -- Commentator Kevin Kling remembers how he and his brother helped their dad paint the house. The paint job continues to astonish the neighborhood to this day.

Linda talks with Manny Rodriguez, a firefighter and paramedic for the city of Miami. Rodriguez talks about what he saw when he responded yesterday to an accident involving a Brinks truck in one of the poorest sections of Miami. Money was scattered in trees and all over the ground, and people were scooping up as much as they could carry. Rodriguez himself found a canvas bag containing over $300,000.

at the Justice Department, into allegations that the FBI crime lab has compromised major cases by contaminating evidence from crime scenes. Of particular significance are allegations that the Oklahoma City bombing investigation was bungled and may jeopardize the government's case.

recently in Japan...a 300-year old manuscript of Haiku. Reid compares the find to uncovering a book containing William Shakespeare's original plays.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the damage assessments from the flooding throughout California. Today, more evacuation alerts were issued in the northern part of the state. Several major levee breaks have created catastrophic flooding in Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties. One new concern is water contamination -- officials now fear that saltwater could be pushed up the San Joaquin delta into the drinking-water supply for Los Angeles.

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of negotiations between a mediation commission and the leftist rebels holding more than 70 hostages in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima -- the first contacts between the two sides in a couple of weeks.

President Bush is vaccinated for smallpox, fulfilling a pledge he made as he ordered mandatory innoculations for U.S. troops in "high risk" parts of the world. The vaccine will also be made available to health care workers who would likely come into first contact with smallpox during a germ warfare attack -- and eventually to all Americans. NPR's Janet Babin reports.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports that European Union officials are calling for investigations into what is being called the Balkan Syndrome. Several Italian soldiers have fallen ill with leukemia since serving as peacekeepers in the Balkans. There are fears they may have been sickened because of contact with ammunition made of depleted uranium, an extremely dense metal used to pierce armor.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports that authorities in India are preparing for the biggest day of the weeks-long religious festival known as Kumbh Mela. Millions of Hindus have gathered at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunah rivers to bathe in waters that are supposed to cleanse their souls. The festival is based on the Hindu tale of a long-ago battle between the gods and demons for a pitcher containing the nectar of immortality. Some of the liquid spilled to earth, hence the Kumbh Mela.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on Starlink, a genetically engineered corn which has been approved for livestock feed. The corn became the pariah of grains earlier this year when it made it's way into human food. Starlink contains a protein that could cause allergic reactions. The EPA is still considering if the corn is safe for human consumption, a situation that's upset environmentalists and put many farmers in a bind.

Exotic Newcastle Disease is a highly contagious virus that attacks birds, especially domestic poultry like chickens and turkeys. Five southern California counties are under quarantine as officials struggle to contain an outbreak. The disease threatens California's three-billion-dollar poultry industry. Alex Cohen of member station KQED reports.

As music director of Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR's Ned Wharton supervises music continuity for the show and keeps tabs on what's new and noteworthy in the music world. He looks at a pair of CDs designed to be appreciated with visual components.

Congress holds hearings to determine how the nation wound up facing a shortage of influenza vaccine. About 40 million doses -- roughly half the anticipated U.S. supply -- were impounded in Great Britain amid fears they were contaminated with bacteria. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

Last-minute bills often contain surprises, and Congress' 3,200-page spending bill is no exception. The bill is intended to fund most of the federal government's operations, but is also festooned with special features few had noticed. NPR's David Welna reports.

A team from the Environmental Protection Agency undertakes the difficult task of cleaning up spilled mercury at Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C. No one in the school was contaminated, but the building has been closed on and off for more than a week while the cleanup proceeds.

The World Health Organization announces that Vietnam is the first country to contain severe acute respiratory syndrome and says the worst of the SARS outbreak is over in Hong Kong, Canada and Singapore. But in China, officials announce several new cases. SARS has killed more than 300 worldwide. Hear NPR's Rob Gifford and Hong Kong doctor Wan Song.

Researchers argue that radio signals are not the most efficient way of alerting an extraterrestrial intelligence to our existence. The scientists recommend sending, and searching for, an interstellar message in a bottle. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

A world of silence. That's often how those of us who can hear imagine deafness. But that silence contains a multitude of voices, with a shared history and language and a controversial future.

The Environmental Protection Agency has given approval for contaminated waste to continue to be shipped out of East Palestine, Ohio. Over the weekend, shipments were halted after waste was taken to sites in Michigan and Texas.

Will this be enough to stave off fears of this contagion spreading to other big banks of the world?

Parents are fuming after learning that 1.5 million of the popular Thomas the Tank Engine toys are being recalled. The toys, made in China, contain lead paint especially dangerous for children.

Packaging can be a big part of a brand or product's appeal, and there are many examples through history of a product's packaging dramatically changing its fortunes.

Life in solitary means 23 hours a day in a concrete box with almost no contact with the outside world. Guests talk about what it's like serving time in solitary confinement, and trying to re-adjust to life on the outside.