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Noah talks with Officer Richard Hardin of the Hillview Police Department in Hillview, Kentucky, where severe weather injured eight people and destroyed hundreds of homes outside Louisville. Officer Hardin was chased by a tornado yesterday, and tells about his experiences...and the damage left in the wake of the storms.

Noah talks with Mike Jendrzejczyk (jenn-DREEZ-sick), the Washington Director of Human Rights Watch-Asia. Chinese police have detained dissident Wang Donghai (WAHNG dong-HY) after he and six other activists petitioned the National People's Congress on May 27th, demanding the release of political prisoners. Mr. Jendrzejczyk believes that paranoia in the Chinese government toward the democracy movement has increased in recent months as economic reforms have triggered more unrest. This recent round of arrests comes one week before the anniversary of the military crackdown that ended pro- democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989.

Noah talks with Colonel John R. Bourgeois (BOOR-zhwa), who is retiring today after seventeen years as the director of "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band. The band, once led by the legendary John Philip Sousa, has only had twenty-five directors in its history. Tonight marks Col. Bourgeois's last time conducting the group.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that the stock market sustained serious losses today, with its key barometer off as much as one hundred thirty-three points at one point. Technology stocks were particularly hard-hit, following computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard's announcement that it would discontinue making disk-drive components. This news, combined with Motorola's announcement of lower-than-expected earnings and a lower bond market, sparked a sell-off that triggered the Stock Exchange's "uptick rule" that restricts computer-driven sell programs to stabilize the market.

Scott and Weekend Edition's Dan Schorr discuss the week's news.

Scott Horsley reports from San Diego about funding for next month's Republican Convention. Fund raisers are scurrying to raise $40 million. (

on the damage that flooding has done to parts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Some residents say overdevelopment has contributed to the problem.

have reached an out-of-court settlement under which the state no longer will shackle prisoners together on chain gangs. The Southern Poverty Law Center had sued Alabama in federal court, charging the practice violated the Constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Under the agreement, Alabama will continue to use prisoners on road crews, and their ankles will be shackled together, but they won't be chained to other inmates.

a Democrat opposed to abortion. He want the anti-abortion position reflection in the Democratic party platform.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the Senate's vote to reconfirm Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, amid criticism by some Senate Democrats that Greenspan has waged a stingy monetary policy that they say has held back economic growth.