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NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with David Carley, a developer who made, then lost, some $40 million. He says his downfall was over-ambition and under-attention to details. This is part two of Susan's series of discussions about money, airing Tuesdays in April.

Writers may go on strike in Hollywood. Representatives of the Writers Guild of America will sit down to negotiate with producers on April 17, two weeks before the Guild's threatened strike deadline. Meanwhile, the fall season for new TV shows and feature films are in a holding pattern. Noah Adams speaks with Entertainment Weekly writer Daniel Fireman.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the Israeli government is going ahead with plans to expand some of its settlements in the occupied West Bank despite strong international criticism.

Daft Punk is a French music duo known for their electronic dance beats. They released a big smash dance floor CD in 1997. Their new release is the first thing since. The CD is called Discovery. Writer Will Hermes has a review. (3:30) The CD Discovery by Daft Punk is on the Virgin label.

McLean County's Red, White and Blue public advisory committee that created three proposed county district maps will hear public feedback on those plans Monday night. The county formed the 24-member panel to try to remove politics from the county's drawing of board districts.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Kenneth Leiberthal, China scholar at the University of Michigan. They discuss the impact of this situation on Bush's future foreign policy decisions.

NPR's Ivan Watson reports on illegal logging of rainforests in Liberia. Since the end of the country's civil war in 1997, the export of timber has been the government's main source of revenue. But now conservationists are worried that under the current rate of depletion, the forests may not be there 10 years from now.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Rob Gifford in Beijing and NPR's Tom Gjelten, about this morning's announcement by both the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the White House that they have reached an agreement. This will result in the return home of the 24 Navy personnel held on the southern island of Hainan.

Attorney General John Ashcroft went to Oklahoma City today to meet with survivors and relatives of victims of the 1995 Murrah Federal Building bombing. Ashcroft said he wanted to talk with the people about the calls from some of them for closed circuit television of the execution of bomber Timothy McVeigh. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

NPR Diplomatic Correspondent Vicky O'Hara reports on today's White House meeting between President Bush and Jordan's King Abdullah. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict topped the agenda.