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Joi is an electronic band from London with a Bengali sound -- tabla drums, flutes, and other ornamentation woven in with the dance beats. Its latest album is We Are Three.

President Bush got his full Cabinet faster confirmed than most presidents do. But like his predecessors, he is finding the filling of other high appointive offices is far more troublesome and time consuming. NPR's Pam Fessler reports that the people who do most of the heavy-lifting in policy-making have yet to be named.

NPR's Rick Karr reports a federal court in San Francisco has ruled against Napster and ordered the online music service to stop trading in copyrighted material. The ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds an earlier lower court ruling indicating that Napster violated copyright laws.

Engineers have landed a spacecraft on an asteroid -- the first time that's been done. he asteroid is Eros, 196 million miles away and a remnant of the early days of the solar system. The craft is called NEAR, and it was designed to take pictures and readings of the asteroid's surface. But now its primary job is done. NPR's David Kestenbaum joined the engineers as they tried to put the craft down as softly as possible on the spinning chunk of rock.

Rachael Myrow of member station KPCC in Los Angeles reports that a major California utility lost its bid to have a federal judge to lift caps on the rates it charges its customers. Southern California Edison will not drop its effort, but will pursue its case through the courts.

Survivors and families who lost loved ones in the June 2015 attack said the FBI's negligence allowed Dylann Roof to buy the gun he used in the attack.

Noah talks with American University Law Professor Peter Jaszi, who specializes in copyright, contract, and intellectual property law as it pertains to the Internet, about the Napster ruling.

NPR's Renee Montagne reports on a group of six Thai elephants that have been honing their musical abilities. They just released their first CD. Hear a song from that CD entitled Temple Music. You can find out more at www.mulatta.org. (6:43-8:20)

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the Marc Rich pardon is going to leave a lasting stain on the Clintons' reputation.

NPR's Guy Raz reports that this past weekend some ten thousand European fans converged on Berlin for a country/western music festival. Germans -- long fascinated with the American West -- are among Europe's most avid devotees of country/western. {The festival this weekend featured German language bands, line dancing, and performers in Indian headdresses attempting to re-create Native American dances.}