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NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that the chief of National Forest Service is stepping down. Mike Dombeck says his land management philosophy of stewardship over development is out of sync with the views of the Bush administration.

Sports commentator Frank Deford winds-up for baseball's spring training with a strike zone pitch.

In Morning Edition's series of college application essays from high school seniors, Leo Stoscheck says he considers the coyotes, peepers and trees of his family's land in New York state, his first classroom.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the hard-fought progress of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill in the Senate. The bill's main challenger is Republican Chuck Hagel who proposes a cap on soft money -- instead of the McCain-Feingold plan to eliminate it entirely. (4:24) Check out NPR News coverage of Money, Power & Influence.

Host Renee Montagne talks with the authors of Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen.

Reese Erlich reports from Jamaica on the dramatic drop in homicides in Kingston's most dangerous neighborhoods.

In the first interview of a series on money, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on multi-billionaire George Soros -- a retired financier who is now out to save the world.

From member station WRNI in Providence, Nate Di Meo reports that a Rhode Island judge is letting state officials pursue their lawsuit against companies that sold lead-based paint. They hope to set a national precedent by holding paint companies liable for health problems linked to lead in their product.

Music critic James Sullivan reviews What's Next to the Moon, a CD by Mark Kozelek. (4:00) The CD is distributed by the Badman Recording Company, San Francisco, Calif.; www.badmanrecordingco.com.

President Bush wants access to the crew of an EP3 U.S. Navy spy plane, which made an emergency landing in southern China after a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter jet.