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American React - NPR's John Nielsen rounds up reaction to the plane shootdowns from the Cuban-American community. Some Cuban-American leaders have been critical of the administration's response thus far.

Noah speaks with Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab about the consequences of the bombings for PLO chairman Yasir Arafat. Kuttab says the bombings have placed Arafat in a delicate political position, in which he must balance Israel's demands for a crackdown on the militant Hamas organization and appearing like he is more concerned about Israeli security than the rights of his own people.

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NPR's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg reports on oral arguments before the Supreme Court today in a case testing the confidentiality of a clinical social worker's notes. The case involves counseling given a police officer after she fatally shot a suspect. Congress has left it to courts to use reason and experience in determining whether conversations between psychotherapists and their patients are protected from disclosure in federal court.

chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, about the campaign season's first primary in the South. A debate is scheduled for Thursday, and so far only Pat Buchanan and Steve Forbes have agreed to attend. The primary is Saturday.

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to the shooting down of two American civilian planes.

Oklahoma is seeing a spike in childhood cases of the respiratory virus RSV. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Cameron Mantor of the Oklahoma Children's Hospital about the outbreak.

Linda talks with Max Castro, a senior researcher at the University of Miami North-South Center. Mr. Castro, a cuban exile himself, disagrees with the core of the Cuban community in Miami who support tough sanctions of Cuba. He says no sanctions have ever worked against other countries and Fidel Castro will not be overthrown by the implementation of policies such as the U-S is now proposing.

Less than two years after Missouri opened it's first casino, the state's division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse reports that addiction to gambling is increasing. NPR's Laura Ziegler reports that the gaming industry is working with Missouri and other states to alleviate the problem.