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Congress may be divided on whether or not we should drill in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, but Alaskans have historically have supported the idea. Anne Sutton reports from KTOO in Juneau.

Prize-winning journalist Amy Wilentz, Jerusalem correspondent for The New Yorker magazine from 1995 to 1997, has just published her first novel. Alan Cheuse reviews Martyr's Crossing. (1:30) Martyr's Crossing is published by Simon and Schuster.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the re-examination of the presidential election that kept the country on edge for five weeks. A number of news organizations and one research firm have come together to try to find order in the chaos that was the 2000 election. However, all of the parties involved insist that this is NOT a recount.

Commentator and former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts laments that there aren't more women governors.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports that the Chinese government is waging a massive public relations campaign against Falun Gong, the outlawed Chinese spiritual movement. In the wake of the recent immolation by five members of the movement in Tiananmen Square, the campaign against Falun Gong is spilling over into an attack on the Western media.

NPR's Economic Correspondent John Ydstie examines the current state of the U.S. economy. Even after two interest rate cuts by the fed, some indicators continue to point toward further problems for the economy. But not all the news is bad. More jobs were created last month than expected. And now some leading economists, including Alan Greenspan, are projecting the economy will grow, albeit modestly, this year.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco dealt a blow yesterday to Napster, the popular online music-trading software. The court upheld a lower court's ruling that Napster's role in facilitating music-swapping contributes to copyright infringement, even though Napster does not profit from the transactions. NPR's Rick Karr reports.

General Pervez Musharaf, the President of Pakistan, is trying to find accommodation with Pakistan's rival, India. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

NPR's Larry Abramson takes a look at the new technology of self-healing plastics. The technique involves filling plastic with microscopic liquid bubbles that break open to fill in the tiny cracks that occur in plastic under impact or stress. The "healed plastic" retains most of the strength found in the original. Soon, this new type of plastic may be used in products ranging from aircraft wings to the doors of your car.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on Marc Rich's lawyer, Jack Quinn. There have been several raised eyebrows over Quinn's choice of attorney as he faces Senate hearings over the pardon of Marc Rich.