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The National Transportation Safety Board is expressing concern with a new, looser, Federal Aviation Administration policy on air traffic controller mistakes. Air traffic controllers can now allow planes to get 20-percent closer to one another than the law allows without risking punishment. Robert talks with Dr. Marvin Smith, Chairman of the Air Traffic Management Degree Program at Embry Riddle University in Daytona, Florida.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Berlin that German prosecutors will end a year-long criminal investigation into former Chancellor Helmut Kohl's role in illegal fundraising. Kohl agreed to pay a $140,000 fine so that the charges would be dropped.

Host Bob Edwards shares listener comments in the Morning Edition letters segment.

A program called Pathways To Housing has developed an unusual approach to housing homeless, mentally ill substance abusers: offer them apartments of their own, straight off the street. Right now, the program operates in New York City and it places few conditions on the people it houses. Critics of the program say giving an apartment to this population is risky. But studies may suggest otherwise. Robert Siegel explores this program.

The White House today said it is considering a request from California Governor Gray Davis for the federal government to waive some environmental standards so that the state can generate more electricity. NPR's Richard Gonzales has the story.

Cy Musiker of member station KQED offers a tale of two California homes struggling to find ways to conserve energy in the wake of the state's power crisis.

NPR's David Welna reports that some Congressional Democrats say they aren't impressed with President Bush's "charm campaign" to win them over. They say they want real concessions on policy from the White House.

The $1.6 trillion Bush tax cut plan is now before Congress. How it is resolved could be defining event in the early stages of the Bush presidency. Robert talks with David Brooks, Senior Editor at the Weekly Standard, and E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post about their views on the political importance of the tax cut bill.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports on the disillusionment among Israel's leftists and peace activists following the election victory of right-wing leader Ariel Sharon.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash looks back to 1975, when President Gerald Ford signed a 12 billion dollar tax cut. According to Prakash, there are some lessons to be learned as we look ahead to President Bush's new tax proposals.