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Californians Jim McKenna and John Lieberman are collecting those ubiquitous AOL promotional CDs with the intent of dumping one million of them on the Internet giant's doorstep. They're fed up with the promotional blitz. McKenna speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

David Rockefeller, grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller and a chief architect of the family's philanthropic efforts, has published his memoirs at age 87. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

President Bush, visiting Eastern Europe to welcome seven new members of NATO, stops in Romania for a speech at Bucharest's Revolution Square. Hear more from NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Don Gonyea.

President Biden's pick to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus, told senators that he would seek to balance border security with humane treatment of migrants.

Playwright Tom Stoppard has a new work on stage in London. The author of Rosencrantz and Guildensten are Dead and many others, turns out a nine-hour dramatic trilogy about the Russian intelligentsia. It's called The Coast of Utopia. Fred Mogul of member station WNYC reports.

The U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs visited a Los Angeles encampment to discuss veteran homelessness and plans for new affordable housing.

Jackson, Miss., is a city with two identities. There's the part which is more than 80% Black, led by a mayor who wants to make it "the most radical city on the planet." Then there's the state capital.

The new James Bond film Die Another Day has Pierce Brosnan firmly in place for his fourth turn as Agent 007. And Berry -- Halle Berry -- makes a seductive foil. Hear more from NPR's Scott Simon and Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell.

A 90-year tradition of Texas A&M bonfires -- built for the annual football rivalry with Texas -- officially ended after a wooden structure collapsed in 1999, killing 12 students. But today's Aggies have reignited the flames. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

Al Qaeda's alleged Persian Gulf operations chief, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, is now a U.S. captive, providing authorities a fresh chance to gather intelligence on possible terrorist efforts, U.S. officials say. Al-Nashiri, a suspected mastermind of the U.S.S. Cole bombing, is the latest senior lieutenant of Osama bin Laden to be captured. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.