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NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on a study at Johns Hopkins University School of Health. Researchers found that riding a bike while intoxicated increases the risk of injury or death.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that a new study claims to have found a correlation between the amount of traffic in Atlanta and the number of children making trips to the hospital due to asthma attacks. The study looked at reduced traffic during the 1996 Olympic Games and the corresponding decrease in recorded asthma attacks.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with White House economic and national security advisor Daleep Singh about President Biden's goals for the G20 Rome summit as he faces economic and political challenges.

It looks a little more like a fire truck than an S.U.V. DaimlerChrysler is planning to begin marketing a massive four wheel drive vehicle called the UNIMOG in the United States. The truck was made by Mercedes for fifty years. In 1999, Elizabeth Bailey and her friends drove from Chile to Texas in a Mercedes Unimog. She talks to Noah Adams about driving this enormous vehicle.

When checking out of a Greek hotel, Commentator Jeffrey Tayler asked for a receipt. The hotel owner did not want to write one.

The record labels have begun to respond to the settlement offer Napster made public yesterday, an offer Napster claims it's had on the table for months. NPR's Rick Karr reports.

President Biden has said the U.S. is committed to defending Taiwan, but Washington has traditionally stayed strategically ambiguous. Here's why.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports that Pope John Paul the Second formally inducted 44 prelates into the College of Cardinals today.

Music Critic Tom Moon says a new release by the old band Blind Faith is an example of the revival of free-form rock and roll. It's called the Deluxe Edition, and it contains some previously unreleased 1969 jam session recordings. (5:30) The Deluxe Edition 2-CD set by Blind Faith is on the Uni/Polydor labels.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon is mulling over options for dealing with the escalating violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Israel's Labor Party today chose the man who is to be defense minister in Sharon's unity government -- 65-year-old Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. Ben-Eliezer said he would try to persuade Palestinians to return to the negotiating table. At the same time, he said Israel would not "sit quiet" in the face of continued Palestinian attacks. Sharon has vowed to improve security for Israelis, though has not detailed how.