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NPR's Shirley Jahad reports on two religious organizations in Washington, D.C. that operate residential drug treatment programs. The White House Office on Faith-Based and Community initiatives officially opened for business today.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports the government of Colombia is trying to negotiate a second demilitarized zone, a place to conduct peace talks with the country's second largest rebel group. The government already has established a peace zone in the south, with the largest insurgency. The new zone would be in the north.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on McCamey Texas, a tapped-out oil town that's in the middle of a wealth of wind power. While the developers and investors in the wind projects stand to earn millions, McCamey gave away it's chance to collect major property tax revenues from the wind farms.

The state of California is spending vast amounts of money to buy electricity. It has already shelled out more than 2-billion-dollars for scarce power on the volatile spot market. And now the state is preparing to borrow a record $10 billion to secure a reliable supply of electricity for the long-term. Scott Horsley of member station KPBS reports.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that one of British television's most successful mystery series, Inspector Morse, comes to an end on US public television tonight. Colin Dexter's character makes his final appearance. The Jag-driving, Wagner-loving melancholy inspector has investigated 81 murders in Oxford, England, over the course of the 13-year series.

Actor J.P. Manoux has gotten what could be his big break on network television. He'll appear on an upcoming episode of Nash Bridges, or at least a part of him will.

Noah reads some of this week's letters from listeners. (2:30) Send mail to: Letters, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC, 20001. The e-mail address is atc@npr.org.

Commentator Marion Winik recalls the day she locked her baby in her car. She got exactly the right kind of help from a source she wouldn't have expected.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from the Hague where the war crimes tribunal convicted three Bosnian Serbs today in a landmark prosecution of rape and sexual enslavement as crimes against humanity.

For a psychiatrist, cigarettes can be a tool of therapy. Commentator Elissa Ely knows the unhealthy habit of smoking is a powerful motivation for patients in the psych ward.