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Music critic James Sullivan reviews What's Next to the Moon, a CD by Mark Kozelek. (4:00) The CD is distributed by the Badman Recording Company, San Francisco, Calif.; www.badmanrecordingco.com.

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.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from the Capitol on Senate passage of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill. By a vote of 59-to-41, the Senate approved the measure. The House has passed similar campaign finance reform bills in the past, but opponents of this one hope to slow it down, at least. (4:26) For moe NPR News coverage of campaign finance reform, check out Money, Power & Influence.

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.

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.

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

One of the advances heralded by the mapping of the human genome moves a step closer this week. Differences in the way people respond to particular drugs is determined by the presence or absence of certain genes. NPR's Richard Harris reports that the identification of one of the genes responsible should make it possible to predict in advance who will benefit from a certain treatment and who will not.

From member station WRNI in Providence, Nate Di Meo reports that a Rhode Island judge is letting state officials pursue their lawsuit against companies that sold lead-based paint. They hope to set a national precedent by holding paint companies liable for health problems linked to lead in their product.

The Census Bureau announced today that the population has continued its shift south and west. The new population center -- that is, the point with equal populations to its north, south, east and west-- is in Phelps County, Mo. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.