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The latest polls in Wisconsin show Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts with a commanding lead heading into Tuesday's primary. But many voters say their votes are still up for grabs, and the airwaves are full of commercials for Kerry, Howard Dean and John Edwards. NPR's John McChesney reports.

Music critic Michelle Mercer has a hard time with most of the love songs that flood the airwaves around Valentine's Day. She says they don't express the ambiguousness and ambivalence of real love -- so she set out to find a song that does just that.

Ahead of Tuesday's primary vote, Sen. John Edwards is in Madison, Wis., trying to drum up support and votes. Edwards is running a distant second in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, behind frontrunner Sen. John Kerry. Hear NPR's John McChesney.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, one of the nation's largest labor unions, withdraws its support for Howard Dean, in a major blow to the former Vermont governor's presidential campaign. Meanwhile, the major transit workers' union endorses frontrunner Sen. John Kerry. NPR's Juan Williams talks with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.

The book Slithery Jake takes a family on a comic hunt for a missing pet snake. Rose-Marie Provencher wrote the tale for young readers, with vivid illustrations by Abby Carter. Daniel Pinkwater joins NPR's Scott Simon to read aloud from the book.

The probe into the $180-billion financial collapse of Parmalat expands, as investigators focus on banks that may have helped hide the Italian food giant's troubles. Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and others handled huge bond issues that kept Parmalat afloat -- and yielded handsome commissions for the banks and their managers. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

A bold and deadly attack on a police station in the Iraqi city of Fallujah frees dozens of prisoners and leaves more than 20 people dead. Gunmen fired mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

The California state senate voted to allow people who aren't United States citizens to be police. Some more conservative voices say government authority should be embodied by citizens.

For the second year in a row, Unit 5 expects to draw more than 1,000 students to its summer school programs in an effort to help close education gaps created by the pandemic.

A woman was 13 years old when U.S. soldiers grabbed her birthday cake from a windowsill.