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The Peace Corps is experiencing a sudden jump in popularity in San Francisco thanks to a rash of Internet business failures. Former dot-com employees have helped double the number of people attending the Peace Corps' informational meetings in the area. Noah Adams talks with Dennis McMahon, public affairs specialist for the Peace Corps.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr, just home from Havana, gives his first impressions of last week's Cuban-American conference held there analyzing the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Noah Adams has a summary of some of the other news on today's program.

NPR's Susan Stamberg continues her series of conversations about loyalty. Today she speaks with Lt. Gen. Theodore Stroup. They discuss the meaning of faith and duty in the military.

In the second of four Radio Expedition reports, NPR's Alex Chadwick continues the search in Central Africa for an elusive member of the ape family. It may be a gorilla, a very large chimpanzee, or perhaps another apelike creature that's unfamiliar to scientists. The mysterious creature is referred to as "the Bili Ape," after the area in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the search is taking place.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Washington Post London Bureau Chief T.R. Reid. They discuss the British reaction to President Bush's comment that he and Prime Minister Tony Blair both use Colgate toothpaste.

Commentator Joel Achenbach says his 40th birthday is inspiring him to branch out -- not to the stereotypical sports cars and leather pants, but to the truly weird.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports a new study released by the World Bank that says foreign aid is unlikely to help poor countries, and may even hurt them, unless they have already decided on and begun serious policy reforms on their own.

The Senate has rejected one of the main challenges to the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill -- an amendment offered by Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the debate, which is now in its second week.

Robert Siegel talks with Amnon Rubinstein, an Israeli member of parliament for the left-wing Meretz Party. They talk about why there's been little Israeli protest -- even from peace advocates -- against the military strikes on Palestinian targets.