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Charles de Ledesma reviews the debut CD from the Belgian band, Hoover. It's called "A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular", and it's a new take on the so-called trip-hop sound, combining elements of hip-hop music and ambient, but slower and spookier. (The label is Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium)... for more info on-line the address is http://www.sonymusic.be) ((STEREO))

when they're accused of wrongdoing. It's a defense that most of us learn as children... the "everyone else is doing it" line. And it seems that the more it's used in politics, the more disenchanted the public becomes.

has divided along party lines. In a report, Republican members suggested the White House's acquisition of FBI background files had a sinister motive, while Democrats accused the Republicans of simply trying to damage the President.

NPR's Dan Charles reports on efforts to create vast new libraries on-line. While more and more information is being made available through computer networks, it's a surprisingly difficult and slow process to convert large amounts of written material into a form that can be easily accessed via computer.

Hans Japp Melisson of Radio Netherlands reports on tomorrow's planned ice skating marathon. 16,000 skaters are to follow a course 125-miles long through eleven Dutch towns. A million spectators are expected to line the canals and inland waterways. Another 10 million Dutch are expected to watch the event on TV.

whether to make public an Ethics Committee report into the conduct of House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The investigation has been underway for two years, and the committee is deeply divided along party lines.

Homeland security warriors at the Pentagon and the CIA say the next terrorist attack may be prevented by investing in data-mining -- the science of finding patterns in colossal amounts of information. Companies are lining up to supply the government with the equipment to process the raw data. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on the shaky cease-fire along the line that divides Kashmir between Pakistan and India. Thousands of angry residents in Indian Kashmir took to the streets for a second day on Thursday to protest the alleged police killing of two former militants.

Seismologists who have been studying tectonic plates beneath India were surprised by the location of the earthquake, because it happened in an area where fault lines had not been detected. As a result of the earthquake, the new seismographic information could have both scientific and political consequences. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Jeffrey Park, professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that the President's tax-cut proposals will be coming to Capitol Hill tomorrow. Mr. Bush is urging lawmakers to hold the line at one-point-six-trillion dollars. But business interests are also trying to jump aboard the bandwagon, which could make the final package much bigger.

Linda talks with Mike Shatzkin, CEO and Founder of the Idea Logical Company, about Stephen King's decision to suspend on-line publication of his book, The Plant. He says King's decision to stop publishing the book came as no surprise. The interest for the book has dwindled, and customers were no longer willing to pay.

Voters began lining up four hours early to hear Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush give a speech in Saginaw, Michigan this afternoon. Most had heard about the news about Bush's arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol 24 years ago. But NPR's Don Gonyea reports, for Bush supporters, the news made little difference.

This weekend, Napster, the on-line music swapping service says it will filter up to 1 million music files, before a court injunction orders the service to do so. From Seattle, NPR's Robert Smith visits with students at the University of Washington, where several are downloading as many files as they can before the filters are in place.

Noah Adams talks with Emmanuel Madan and Thomas McIntosh about their sonic project, the Silophone. The two artists, who call themselves The User, have given an old grain silo in Montreal a new function by rigging it with broadcast lines and microphones. People can call into the Silophone or submit sounds over the Internet. (5:30) See www.silophone.net

The Senate confirms Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, 60-36. The vote was mostly along party lines, with nearly every Democrat voting no. Several lawmakers criticized his policies on interrogating detainees in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

With its 27 electoral votes, Florida is the grand prize in this year's presidential election. NPR's Ari Shapiro examines Florida's political mood by comparing it to a literary drama. The story line is complete with revenge, tragedy, nepotism and suspicion. As Election Day nears, the stage seems set for a climactic resolution.

Bipolar disorder is one of the fastest growing diagnoses among American children. But one of the institutions on the front lines of dealing with bipolar -- the public school system -- may be ill-equipped for its role in identifying and educating children who may have the disorder.

Our commentator says that having one's own fashion line seems to be de rigeur for celebrities lately. But he doesn't plan to buy from any celebrities-turned-garment moguls anytime soon. Rosecrans Baldwin is co-editor and publisher of the MorningNews.org.

He's the one who pushes to the head of the line because he's got first-class tickets --- and a first-class attitude that's all about himself. Don't look now, it's the "Insufferably Bad Passenger." Commentator Baxter Black has this tale on an easy-to-spot irritant of modern travel.

Nominations for Academy Awards are announced in Los Angeles. Brokeback Mountain and Munich were among the best picture nominees, while the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line was shut out. Critic Kenneth Turan discusses the nominations with John Ydstie.

The term "Pro-Government Conservatives" is a new grouping in the Pew Research Center's typology of voters. The group tends to live south of the Mason Dixon line, religion is important to them, and many of the women work. Family and finances are big concerns for them.

For the third year in a row, the number of Americans living below the poverty line rose last year, growing by 1.3 million people, the Census Bureau reports. More Americans are also going without health insurance. Hear NPR's Kathleen Schalch.

Gay couples are lined up outside the county building in Portland, Ore., waiting to be married. The county's commissioners approved issuing gay marriage licenses on Tuesday -- though not unanimously. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Multnomah Commissioners Lonnie Roberts and Serena Cruz.

With little more than three weeks before the presidential election, tensions are rising among political activists. But some are crossing party lines to blow off steam in a friendly bowling competition. Joshua Levs has an audio postcard.

House Republicans are voting for a second day on who will be the House speaker. Several attempts to get California Congressman Kevin McCarthy to the finish line on Tuesday failed.