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Front-page pictures of a calf that survived the slaughter of cattle on a farm in southern England brought a public outcry and a change in government policy on foot-and-mouth disease. Britain has decided to stop killing healthy animals. NPR's Julie McCarthy in London talks with Linda Wertheimer.

The science still has a long way to go, but many researchers believe that using stem cells from human embryos holds great promise as a way of treating diseases. As the Bush administration tries to decide whether or not to allow federal funding to be used for such research, NPR's Joe Palca reports on the two new studies that scientists hope may show the administration just how valuable stem cell therapy could be.

The population of Paris, Tennessee grows tenfold this time of year, for the annual Fish Fry, a four-day festival of beauty pageants, rodeos, motocross racing and 12,000 pounds of fried catfish. Linda Wertheimer talks with head fish fryer Bob Milam.

NPR's Jon Hamilton reports from Nigeria on an unusual summit of African leaders that concluded today. Presidents from African countries met for the first time to discuss the AIDS crisis, tuberculosis and other diseases ravaging the continent. The meeting also included former President Bill Clinton and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.

On the Media reporter Mike Pesca, on ESPN's acquisition of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (BASS). Possibly not the most nefarious example of media energy, but an interesting event when ESPN both covers bass fishing events and owns the world's largest bass fishing organization. Bassmasters magazine has 600,000 subscribers and bass is a $28 million industry -- and visitors to ESPN Sports Zone restaurants will now be able to play a bass fishing video game.

Scott talks to Hans Rockenwagner, chef and owner of Rockenwagner's Restaurants in Santa Monica and Venice, California about the annual frenzy in Germany over the delicacy known as white asparagus.

President Bush, speaking on March 29th, explains why he decided the United States should not ratify the 1997 Kyoto treaty on Global Warming. Host Bob Edwards discusses the Global Warming Treaty with David Victory, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and author of the book, The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming.

Host Bob Edwards describes two new studies out today in the journal Science. They conclude that global warming over the last fifty years is due to human-released greenhouse gasses.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports as the American crew returned to U.S. soil in Hawaii, President Bush made a statement from the White House welcoming them home. He pointedly said that the incident had not advanced constructive relations with China. And Mr. Bush stressed that the U.S. had done nothing to cause the accident with a Chinese fighter that led the American plane to make the emergency landing on Hainan Island.

Janet Heimlich reports from Austin that legislation to allow Texas voters to decide on a moratorium on executions has surprisingly been approved by a key committee in the state senate.