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Commentator Daniel Ferri -- a sixth grade teacher -- is a novice to technology. He tried his first attempt at e-mail on a school computer. It was a very scary experience.

NPR's Debbie Elliott examines how one of Alabama's largest school districts is coping with statewide budget cuts in education. Low property taxes and falling sales tax revenues have left students and parents struggling to preserve funding for extracurricular activities.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on George Bush's first trip outside the U.S. since becoming president. Today, Bush will be visiting with Mexico's new leader, Vicente Fox. Fox's electoral victory recently put an end to seven decades of single-party rule in Mexico. He plans to use his mandate to push for an equal partnership with the U.S.

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg takes a look back at the life and career of painter Alice Neel. A new retrospective of Neel's work opens this weekend in Philadelphia.

American and British war planes struck at Iraqi air defense stations outside Baghdad today. The Pentagon says the move continued routine enforcement of the "no-fly" zones by hitting targets that threatened the safety of allied patrols. Linda Wertheimer talks to NPR's Tom Gjelten about the news.

At least seven people were killed in northern Kosovo today, and dozens injured, when a bomb went off aboard a bus. NATO is denouncing the attack as "disgraceful and cowardly," an ethnically-motivated attack on civilians. The bus was being escorted by U.N. troops. Noah Adams talks with reporter Jeff Bieley, who has been to the scene.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Vicki Huddleston, the chief U.S. diplomat in Cuba. Huddleston and her prize-winning Afghan hound, Havana, were recently expelled from the Afghan Hound Club of Cuba -- because the Cuban government was unhappy that Huddleston met with Cuban dissidents.

Billions of dollars in funding for renewable energy is on the table for the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico.

Millions rely on the app to stay connected, get their news, and even conduct business. What happens when it's down?