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NPR'S CHITRA RAGAVAN REPORTS ON A HOUSE BILL THAT WAS DEFEATED THIS WEEK THAT WOULD PHASE OUT FARM SUBSIDIES.

ERITREANS RECEIVE MORE U.S. FOREIGN AID PER PERSON THAN ANY OTHER NATION IN AFRICA. BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THIS TWO-YEAR-OLD NATION SAID HE AGREES THAT THE U.S. SHOULD CUT ITS FOREIGN AID PROGRAM. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ERITREA'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, AMDEMICAEL KAHSAI, WHO EXPLAINS HIS NATION'S VIEW OF THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.

ON THE 43RD ANNIVERSARY OF RICHARD NIXON'S "CHECKERS" SPEECH...WE HEAR EXCERPTS.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Daniel talks to Thomas Hargrove, an American science writer who was held hostage in Colombia for nearly a year. He says that his hair turned orange from a vitamin deficency.

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

Daniel talks to Dr. Mark Hlatky of Stanford University. Hlatky conducted a study with colleagues at Duke university looking at the effects of job stress on heart disease. They found that job stress does not cause measurable increases in heart disease.

Daniel talks to Richard Pollay, professor of marketing at the University of British Columbia, about a series of tobacco company documents that detail their research about the most effective way to sell cigarettes to young teenagers in Canada.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. 7:47 his week's on-air player lives in Memphis, Tennessee and listens to WKNO.

Daniel talks to Dan Lungren, attorney general of the state of California, about a new telephone initiative his office has put into place. The MOLESTOR HOTLINE is a number citizens can call to see if someone they want to employ who will come into contact with children is listed in a data bank of convicted child molestors. The hotline has only been up and running for a month but so far, the attorney general's office reports, nearly 9 percent of the callers have found a match for their inquiry.