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NPR's Larry Abramson reports that high speed Internet connections can still be pretty pokey, and that several companies are marketing software and gadgets to speed up the pace of Internet use.

Beth Accomondo, from member station KPBS, reports on several new films that attempt to shed new on Filipino culture in America, and in the process battle the subtle racism against it.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the future of U.S. surveillance flights and U.S. China relations as this first foreign policy crisis of the Bush administration is gradually resolved.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr expected the standoff with the Chinese over the downed reconnaissance plane to last longer and looks at where he went wrong.

Commentator Edie Clark lives in Harrisville, N.H., which recently switched to the 911 system. Prior to that the townspeople had to dial a seven-digit phone number in emergencies. Clark says she's not sure 911 has solved any problems.

Commentator Marion Winik remarks on the apparent development of a new baby boom.

Human cloning is back in the news with announcements by two groups that they are ready to try cloning a human. But as NPR's Joe Palca reports, most other researchers in the field think these claims are scientifically premature, to say the least.

An association of public safety officials wants to negotiate a settlement to its ongoing fight with cellular phone companies. Each side has blamed the other for delays in building a tracing capacity into their phones to aid emergency workers. The public safety officials want the FCC to reject delaying tactics by the phone companies. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Borders Books has announced it is pulling out of the online bookselling business, allying its online brand with Amazon.com. And in hopes of increasing profits, Yahoo announced it is increasing its online retail presence by retailing pornography. Linda Wertheimer talks with Wendy Taylor of ZiffDavis' SmartBusiness online magazine about these Web developments.

NPR's Mandalit delBarco reports the collapse of many Internet companies has pushed a lot of people with good technical skills into the job market. Most are finding new jobs fairly quickly. But for some it takes longer, and they're having to be creative about how they market themselves.