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NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the future of U.S. surveillance flights and U.S. China relations as this first foreign policy crisis of the Bush administration is gradually resolved.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr expected the standoff with the Chinese over the downed reconnaissance plane to last longer and looks at where he went wrong.

An association of public safety officials wants to negotiate a settlement to its ongoing fight with cellular phone companies. Each side has blamed the other for delays in building a tracing capacity into their phones to aid emergency workers. The public safety officials want the FCC to reject delaying tactics by the phone companies. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Noah Adams talks with the family of Navy Seaman Jeremy Crandall, who was one of the EP-3 flight crew that was detained on Hainan island for 11 days. The Crandalls live in Loves Park, Ill., and they're greatly relieved to hear of the diplomatic breakthrough.

Borders Books has announced it is pulling out of the online bookselling business, allying its online brand with Amazon.com. And in hopes of increasing profits, Yahoo announced it is increasing its online retail presence by retailing pornography. Linda Wertheimer talks with Wendy Taylor of ZiffDavis' SmartBusiness online magazine about these Web developments.

Human cloning is back in the news with announcements by two groups that they are ready to try cloning a human. But as NPR's Joe Palca reports, most other researchers in the field think these claims are scientifically premature, to say the least.

Commentator Edie Clark lives in Harrisville, N.H., which recently switched to the 911 system. Prior to that the townspeople had to dial a seven-digit phone number in emergencies. Clark says she's not sure 911 has solved any problems.

NPR's Mandalit delBarco reports the collapse of many Internet companies has pushed a lot of people with good technical skills into the job market. Most are finding new jobs fairly quickly. But for some it takes longer, and they're having to be creative about how they market themselves.

Commentator Marion Winik remarks on the apparent development of a new baby boom.

A pleased and relieved President Bush announced the release of the U.S. Navy surveillance plane crew that had been held in China for 11 days. NPR White House Correspondent Don Gonyea describes the diplomatic activity in the hours before the breakthrough. And he reports on President Bush's meeting with the family of one of the crewmembers.