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NPR's Martin Kaste reports that the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is experiencing a vast increase in killings by local police. Many of the dead are found to have been shot in the back.

NPR's Jason Beaubien reports that the nation's largest cranberry-growing cooperative of farmers is on tenuous financial ground. It wants growers to be required to reduce cranberry production.

NPR's Jason Beaubien reports on how the government is trying to curb the possibility of international passengers carrying foot-and-mouth disease to the United States through Boston's Logan Airport

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports that Vatican officials have been ordered by Italy's environment minister to reduce the power of the radio transmitters that broadcast the Pope's speeches.

The 24 crew members of the American reconnaissance plane will be debriefed by U.S. officials about their experience, starting with the accident that forced their emergency landing on Hainan Island. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the debriefing process.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that the nation's biggest online securities broker, Schwab corporations, announced it will lay off some 13-percent of its workforce.

NPR's John Burnett reports on a radio station in San Antonio that broadcasts the locale of Border Patrol agents to undocumented workers.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports that farmers throughout the Pacific Northwest are bracing for a hot, dry summer. Rainfall is half of normal and many fear they could suffer devastating losses.

NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on Amtrak's latest contribution to passenger happiness. It's a car in the train where riders will find a quieter environment.

The Senate approved a budget last night, but with a tax cut smaller than President Bush asked for. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.