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Companies are recalling foods containing genetically modified corn that has not been approved for human consumption. But as NPR's John Nielsen reports, government officials are still struggling to determine whether the corn presents a health hazard.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard and John Nichols, editorial page editor of the Capitol Times in Madison Wisconsin and columnist for The Nation Magazine about President-elect Bush's cabinet appointments.

Noah talks with John Eldridge, who covers nuclear, biological and chemical weapons for Jane's Defense Weekly, about the kinds of weapons that use depleted uranium, and why it's preferred over other materials.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that while Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft was the subject of a relatively civil confirmation hearing inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building, special-interest groups from the right and left held noisy rallies outside the capitol regarding the nomination.

NPR's John McChesney reports the Justice Department today told a Federal Appeals court that the federal judge who ordered the breakup of the big software maker had made the right decision and that, contrary to Microsoft's accusations, the judge in the case was not biased.

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 John Ydstie reports the unemployment rate notched up another tenth of a percent today to 4.3 percent. And the Labor Department said the economy lost 86,000 jobs in March -- the biggest monthly job loss in nearly a decade.

In an agreement that is likely to end a lengthy transatlantic banana war, the United States said it would lift $191 million in sanctions on European Union products. In return, the E.U. agreed to abandon a system of banana import licenses that Washington strongly opposed. NPR's John Ydstie reports.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that when elephants stamp their feet they are actually talking, or at least sending seismic messages to other elephants. These signals actually are important to a herd, and human activities that interrupt transmission of signals through the ground could disrupt elephant behavior, migration and the like.

Lynn Neary reports on today's speech by John DiIulio, the head of the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives. DiIulio continues to promote the Bush administrations plans for involving faith based organizations in public social service despite growing questions and criticism.

In his three-part series on the oil century, John Burnett reports that a century ago, a gusher blew on Spindletop Hill in southeast Texas, inaugurating America's infatuation with oil and gas. The first of the great southwest oil fields, Spindletop made America a global energy power, virtually overnight.

Noah Adams talks with John Bolbos, who just won more than $7,000 for the king salmon he caught during the Winter King Salmon Tournament in Homer, Alaska. At more than 40 pounds, it's the biggest fish ever caught in the tournament.

Reporter John Lawrence in Baghdad says units of the 101st Airborne Division entered Baghdad yesterday fully expecting to go into combat against Iraqi forces in one part of the city. There was no battle, but the troops had their first encounters with Iraqi civilians.

Last weekend in Orlando, Fla., Sen. John Kerry gave a speech on the middle class. Hear an excerpt from that speech as part of a series of excerpts from the presidential candidates' speeches to be broadcast in the weeks before the election.

California governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger says one of his priorities is to tackle the state's budget deficit. He says he will have the state's financial records audited. NPR's John McChesney reports.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry. John Fenn of the United States, Koichi Tanaka of Japan and Kurt Wuethrich of Switzerland won the prize for developing tools to analyze and study important biological molecules called proteins.

Back in the seventeenth century, explorers told of seas teeming with giant marine creatures. A group of researchers concluded that these were an accurate account of life in the oceans at the time. As John Nielsen reports, these fabulous aquatic ecosystems collapsed as humans started to hunt these creatures.

On Jan. 22, 1991 three AIDS activists snuck onto the set of the CBS Evening News. John Weir, one of those men, spoke on AIDS community television about getting the attention of the nation.

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry receives the support of U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt. The Missouri congressman says he and Kerry share common goals, and calls Kerry the candidate best positioned to take on President Bush in November. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

NPR's John Burnett, traveling with the Marine 1st Division in Iraq, reports on the troops' rations, called Meals Ready to Eat, which become the center of life in a combat zone when bullets aren't flying.