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Way less A-W-K-W-A-R-D than your average middle school spelling bee. In this quiz, contestants need to identify a fashion label and then correctly spell the brand name.

R Community Bikes repairs and gives away bikes to people in need.

Glasper's group makes a mix of jazz, soul and R&B. It's impossible to classify as one particular genre; it's as eclectic and different as it is cohesive and round. Watch the group perform "Lift Off."

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including President Bill Clinton, US Attorney Sherry Matteuci muh-TOO-see), US Attorney Nora Manella, Secretary of State Warren Christopher, ormer US Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) and music from the late Ella Fitzgerald.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including U.S. Attorney for Montana Sherry Matteuci (ma-TOO-see), Attorney eneral Janet Reno, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole (R-KS), and ormer presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan, and at the Oscars: Whoopi oldberg, Mel Gibson and Mira Sorvino.

Liane Hansen speaks with N-P-R's Chitra Ragavan [CHIT-rah AH-ga-vun] about the elections in India. She says the sentiment among the opulace there is that all politicians are corrupt, but voters are anxious to ring in a new crop of leaders, hoping they'll bring positive changes before hey fall into the same pattern of corruption.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's news, including Laurent Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo through a translator; Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY), British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Bill Clinton and Judy Walker, wife of an Oklahoma bombing victim.

Robert talks with Senator John McCain (R-AZ), a co-sponsor of Senate Bill S-25, the bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act. Mc Cain discusses the difficulty in getting support from the Senate for his bill, which would significantly reform campaign finance laws and enforcement.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports from Jacksonville, Florida, the site of the latest tobacco trial. The suit, brought by the family of Jean Conner, a woman who died of lung cancer, seeks monetary damages from the R.J. Reynolds Company. It's the first lawsuit to be tried since the Liggett tobacco company admitted that cigarettes are addictive and cause cancer.

The second in our series on Ethics is a discussion of political thics with Senator Paul Simon (D-Ill) and former Senator Warren Rudman (R-NH). he two senators tell us how they've delt with questions of ethical behaviour n their 12 years in the U.S. Senate, including political contributions, ampaign promises, and the "character" of the average Senator.

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS) returns to his hometown of Pascagoula, Miss., to expand on his earlier apologies for remarks seen as nostalgic for America's racially segregated past. Hear NPR's Debbie Elliott, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard.

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) reiterates and expands his apology for comments about the nation's racially segregated past. He rejects the idea that he should resign as Senate Majority Leader. Hear NPR's Debbie Elliott, E.J. Dionne of the Brookings Institution and Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard.

Political historian Michael R. Beschloss talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the history and meaning of the term "brinkmanship." The word has been in the news this week after the head of the U.N.'s nuclear monitoring group used it to describe North Korea's actions.

The upcoming session of Congress is likely to feature debate on an economic stimulus package President Bush is expected to outline Tuesday. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA).

Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) debate President Bush's plan to overhaul Social Security. Both tend to be swing voters on major issues, and both say they would consider supporting the president's proposed changes, but with reservations.

President Bush has named U.S. Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL) as his choice to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Goss, who served in the CIA before running for Congress, is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Hear an NPR News report.

Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) announces that after 32 years in Congress, he will not seek re-election next year. The 81-year-old Hyde, who is in poor health, is known for his opposition to abortion and for leading impeachment efforts against President Bill Clinton.

Two Senators want to create an intelligence command center inside the Pentagon to oversee all eight intelligence agencies. Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) have introduced the legislation, which would alter the intelligence reform law passed last December.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) reflects on his rise to the top in his new book, Speaker: Lessons from 40 Years in Coaching and Politics. He speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

In memory of the late, great R&B singer, rock historian Ed Ward gives us a guided tour of a famous Ray Charles studio rehearsal tape, circa 1953.