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NPR's Richard Harris reports the Congress may weaken The Clean Water Act. The House this week approved a measure that would allow the dumping of more industrial wastes and reduce the amount of land designated as federally protected wetlands.

Jennifer Ludden from member station WBUR in Boston reports that increasingly new Asian immigrants faced with the prospect of daycare are sending their children back home to China where their grandparents take care of them.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH BBC REPORTER CHARLES SCANLON IN SEOUL, KOREA, WHERE THE SAMPOONG DEPARTMENT STORE COLLAPSED LAST THURSDAY AND PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE.

MATT JACKSON OF MEMBER STATION WUFT IN GAINSVILLE, FLORIDA, REPORTS ON A RIVER BAPTISM HE RECENTLY ATTENDED IN THE SUWANEE (SWAN-ee) RIVER.

Delegates at the United Nations met last week to discuss he creation of a permanent international criminal court. But NPR's Trevor Rowe ROH) reports that the U-S is skeptical about the idea.

NPR'S PATRICIA NEIGHMOND REPORTS ON THE RELEASE THIS WEEK OF THE REPUBLICANS' PLAN TO REFORM THE MEDICARE SYSTEM, AND ON YESTERDAY'S PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT HOW AND WHETHER THEIR PLAN WOULD WORK.

NPR'S CHITRA RAGAVAN REPORTS ON A HOUSE BILL THAT WAS DEFEATED THIS WEEK THAT WOULD PHASE OUT FARM SUBSIDIES.

Cheryl Colopy (CAH-loh-pee) reports on a unique oalition between labor, business groups, and community churches, which is inding jobs for workers in the Cable industry.

NPR's John Greenberg reports on a spat between democrats and republicans over a little-known provision of the nation's gun laws. At issue: whether convicted felons may legally own firearms.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports that five humanitarian organizations have banded together to provide women in refugee camps with assistance addressing their sexual needs: birth control, protection against AIDS, and sexual abuse.