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The 24 crew members of the American reconnaissance plane will be debriefed by U.S. officials about their experience, starting with the accident that forced their emergency landing on Hainan Island. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the debriefing process.

Eugene Sonn reports that just three days after kicking off his gubernatorial campaign, New Jersey's acting governor is pulling out of the race. Donald DiFrancesco stepped up to the post when former Gov. Christine Whitman joined the Bush administration. DiFrancesco is accused of misconduct in an earlier political position.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on a group of people who have learned to ride the ups and downs of the current "bear market." They're day-traders, and while many of the amateurs in their ranks were driven out after a few initial lucky trades, some are still plugging away -- and making a profit.

Robert Siegel talks with Bill Cappuccio, Iowa State Coordinator of the Federal Flood Insurance Program. They discuss what's required of people who build in a flood plain to be covered by flood insurance. And they talk about how changes in flood insurance rules have affected development along rivers.

Meredith Ochs reviews Satellite Rides, the new release by the promising alternative country band, Old 97s. Ochs says the band and its leader Rhett Miller have been writing wonderful pop music with clever lyrics. (4:30) Satellite Rides by Old 97s is on the Elektra Records label. Their Web site is www.old97s.com.

Commentator Elissa Ely -- a psychiatrist at a hospital in Massachusetts -- has an alcoholic patient who's convinced he will be killed when his father dies. After his father does die, the patient lives, though he's lost his will to live.

New numbers from the American Public Transportation Association say that public transportation use rose 3.5 percent in the past year, the highest level in more than four decades. Americans also drove 2.7 trillion miles last year, the same amount as in 1999. Linda Wertheimer speaks with James Hughes about the figures and what they mean for public transportation. Hughes is the dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.

The end of the court battle between the South African goverment and three dozen of the world's drug companies has dropped prices of HIV and AIDS drugs in many countries. While these drugs are now available to the affected millions who are mostly poor, there are far more basic things yet to be taken care of. NPR'S Brenda Wilson reports.

The high-tech boom that transformed Ireland from one of Europe's poorest countries into the feisty Celtic tiger has begun to show some rough side effects. Dublin residents talk about assaults, congestion and a heightened sense of aggressiveness in the streets. The gap between rich and poor is rising, and heart disease is up. All of this worries public health specialists who see their mission as addressing the social conditions underlying today's chronic diseases. One growing approach in Europe began in the mid-1980s with the support of the World Health Organization. It engages citizens in examining their health concerns and helps them to find their own solutions. In his second report on European Health Promoting Schools, Frank Browning visits a working class school on the edge of Dublin where students identify rape, murder, and mugging as their biggest health worries.

Nancy Solomon, of member station KLCC in Oregon, reports on an extradition battle for 70-year-old Robert Lee Burns. He's been living in Oregon for 20 years, but now California says it wants him back, so he can complete his sentence for the 1963 murder of a highway patrolman.