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Catherine Russell embodies a voice so versatile, she transcends genres with each song. Showcasing a repertoire of blues, jazz, swing and R&B, Russell's new album Sentimental Streak is both powerful and vulnerable.

Joss Stone is 16, blond and British, but critics say she sings like a southern soul veteran. For her first CD, The Soul Sessions, she recorded with American R&B players in Miami. Jim Fusilli offers a review.

NPR's Alex Chadwick guides listeners through the funeral of Ray Charles. The late R&B pioneer was saluted by musicians, actors and political luminaries at services at the First AME Church in Los Angeles.

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 NPR's Don Gonyea and NPR's Renee Montagne.

The high-energy string band weaves '60s R&B and rock into folk and bluegrass for a distinct sound.

R.W. "Johnny" Apple, associate editor of The New York Times, tells Susan Stamberg about his new travel guide, Apple's America: The Discriminating Traveler's Guide to Forty Great Cities in the United States and Canada.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new memoir The Tender Bar by Los Angeles Times reporter J.R. Moehringer. It tells the tale of his dysfunctional family on Long Island — and the community's center, the local bar.

Veteran reporter Daniel Schorr talks about his new book, Come to Think of It: Notes on the Turn of the Millennium. Schorr, who was part of Edward R. Murrow's legendary CBS team, currently interprets national and international events as senior news analyst for NPR.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including Sen. John Breaux (D-LA) on the health care bill; Sen. ohn Warner (R-VA) on the welfare bill; Bob Dole on Hollywood; Olympic bombing uspect Richard Jewell; President Bill Clinton fueding with a reporter, and usic from the Shangri-Las (obit: Marguerite Ganser Dorste).

Ray talks with Patrick Murphy about a bill that will speed up the process of moving children from foster care to adoption while limiting some parental rights. The bill passed in the House yesterday, and a similar bill is pending in the Senate. Murphy is the Public Guardian for Cook County, IL and is author of the forthcoming Wasted: the Failure of Child Welfare and the Plight of America (Ivan R. Dee Publishers).

NPR's Tovia Smith reports that good manners and decency have become part of a formal curriculum for elementary school students at more than one hundred Massachusetts schools. Students learn not to interrupt each other and how to give and accept compliments. Educators call it "social competency," but are these lessons taking away from teaching the three R's?

N-P-R's David Welna reports that members of the Administration have been working to smooth tension between the U-S and Mexico in preparation for President Clinton's visit in two weeks amid tension between the two countries. Drugs are at the heart of the strained relations: U-S law enforcement officials are convinced that corruption has made Mexico an unreliable partner in the battle against smuggling.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's news, including President Bill Clinton, Russian President Boris Yeltsin through a translator; Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Anthony Lake; Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT); Arizona state Attorney General Grant Woods.

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Congress approves fines and prison sentences for persons who disclose critical infrastructure information that businesses want kept secret. The provision is part of the newly passed Homeland Security Act. Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT) speaks with NPR's Bob Edwards.

Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) turns 100 this week. The longest-serving U.S. senator is retiring after nearly 50 years. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with his biographer, Nadine Cohodas.

A congressional committee recommends major changes to U.S. intelligence agencies, including the creation of a new Cabinet-level director of national intelligence. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson and Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL).

Simon/China 3-Way -- Scott discusses U.S.-China relations in light of the recent spy plane accident with Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA), chair of the International Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific; and Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA), ranking minority member of the International Relations Committee.

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee have vowed they won't block President Bush's nomination of U.S. Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL) as CIA director. But there is still much debate over what Goss' job will entail. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa) about today's events in Iraq. Leach was an opponent of the war in Iraq, but now believes the United States must stay and help rebuild the country.