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President Bush continues his baseball romance by throwing out the first pitch at Milwaukee's new ballpark tonight. The stadium project was dogged by problems from conception to completion, including a fatal crane accident, a political scandal and major cost overruns. Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discusses the spy plane incident and US-China relations with David Shambaugh, professor of international affairs at George Washington University and a China specialist at the Brookings Institution; and Don Oberdorfer, professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

Scott Horsley of member station KPBS reports from San Diego on Pacific Gas & Electric's decision to file for bankruptcy.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the Israeli government and many ordinary Israelis are holding Yasser Arafat personally responsible for the ongoing violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Eight years ago, following signature of the Oslo accords, the Palestinian leader was hailed in Israel as a partner for peace, but few Israelis apparently still hold that view.

NPR's Melissa Block reports the prosecution has rested in the trial of four men accused in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. In presenting its case in New York, the prosecutors called dozens of witnesses and presented a range of evidence from tapes of wiretapped phone conversations to network news interviews with Osama Bin Laden. Some of the most powerful testimony came from people who were injured in the bombings.

Leonard Shelby is a man with brain injury. He can't make new memories. He's also a man seeking revenge for the murder of his wife. This is the basis for the movie Memento. It's based on a short story by writer Jonathan Nolan. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Jonathan and his brother filmmaker Christopher Nolan about their collaboration.

Hal Cannon, from the Western Folklife Center, profiles composer Phillip Bimstein, whose works draw on the culture and landscape of southern Utah. His most recent composition incorporates the voice and harmonica playing of a legendary local figure, Larkin Gifford, who died in 1998. (Bimstein's website is http://www.bimstein.com. For information on how to obtain Bimstein's recordings, e-mail the composer at songdog@infowest.com.)

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Secretary of State Colin Powell; Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sun Yuxi; President George W. Bush; Senator Russell Feingold (Democrat, Wisconsin); Senator Mitch McConnell (Republican, Kentucky); the announcement of the Senate's 59-41 passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill; Senator John McCain (Republican, Arizona); Representative Joe Moakley (Demoract, Massachusetts); House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (Republican, Texas); Senator Phil Gramm (Republican, Texas); and Senator Kent Conrad (Democrat, North Dakota).