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David D'Arcy profiles Irwin Young, this year's recipient of a George E. Sawyer Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Young, who has been a mentor to several independent and documentary filmmakers, runs the Du Art Lab which has processed many award-winning films.

Six weeks after fighting began in Macedonia, more than 22,000 refugees have fled their homes. NPR's Guy Raz reports on the internally displaced ethnic Albanians and Macedonian Slavs.

California residents may finally have to pay more for electricity. The president of California's Public Utilities Commission is offering up a plan for a rate increase of about 40 percent. Scott Horsley of member station KPBS in San Diego has the story.

We hear how the International Space Station played a role in the opening of last night's Academy Awards Ceremony, and why the astronauts weren't able to watch.

"My hope is that this piece will bring joy and inspiration to many people, just as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood did for generations," sculptor Paul Day says.

Bill Pound, executive director of the National Conference of State Legislatures, tells Noah Adams that many states are experiencing shortfalls in revenue.

More than 1,300 Comair pilots went on strike today. President Bush is urging a quick resolution to the labor dispute. Joshua Levs reports.

For the first time in 10 years several states are facing budget cuts. From member station WOI, Joyce Russell reports Iowa is one of the states realizing it will collect hundreds of millions less in taxes than it planned. That's left the state choosing among promises made in rosier times.

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a noted critic of former President Donald Trump, is calling it quits rather than vying against U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood in a Republican primary next year.

Much has been said recently about California's energy shortage and whether the rest of the country is in for the same. But what's the long view? How many more generations will be able to use coal or oil or uranium for energy? NPR's David Kestenbaum talks with experts who calculate just how much energy is left.