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NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade where Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica said today his government is not making plans to extradite Slobodan Milosevic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague. At a news conference, Kostunica said Milosevic must stand trial at home.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that Russia's state-dominated gas monopoly is asserting control over the country's only nationwide independent television network. The monopoly, Gazprom, replaced NTV's board of directors today in a move the television journalists call a threat to press freedom.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Joe Kunches, acting space weather operations director for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), about unusual solar flares over the past few days. (4:00) www.sec.noaa.gov

Joshua Levs reports a case involving alleged child abuse at church has created a stir in Atlanta. The House of Prayer disciplines its young parishioners with corporal punishment. Georgia officials believe the church and many of its parents are abusing the children with beatings and whippings. The state has put 41 children into temporary foster care.

NPR's Rob Gifford in Beijing reports that China has finally allowed U.S. Embassy personnel to meet with the crew of a damaged reconnaissance plane. The embassy reports all 24 are in good health but there's no word on when they or the plane will be released.

Alan Cheuse reviews Dreamcatcher, Stephen King's first novel to be published since his near-fatal accident. (1:45) Dreamcatcher, is published by Scribner.

Adam Hochberg reports that it's snake roundup season in the South, a springtime tradition in which hunters scour the woods for rattlesnakes and bring them into town -- often to be slaughtered. Roundups were originally intended to protect people from snake bites. They have become tourist attractions in some places, like Claxton, Ga. But environmentalists and animal rights groups call the roundups barbaric

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. Chao says the Bush administration is not anti-labor,and that issues of an aging workforce must be addressed in the next four years. (7:36) For more on Chao and other administration officials, check out our coverage of the Bush administration.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports from Miami that after four months of counting, the Miami Herald and USA Today released their recount of all of Florida's presidential election ballots. They found that November's election was fraught with errors and inconsistencies.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports that friends and relatives of those on the U.S. reconnaissance plane held in China, await word on when their loved ones might return home. Family members are organizing efforts, such as displaying yellow ribbons on cars and trees, to show community support for the soldiers.