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Janet Heimlich reports on a new bill being debated in the Texas Senate that would make it easier for prisoners to get DNA tests that could prove their innocence.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Paul Light of the Brookings Institution about his new report on the greatest achievements of the federal government in the past 50 years.

NPR's Emily Harris reports that President Bush's energy priority is to make the U.S. energy-independent. But environmentalists say that means Mr. Bush will put too much emphasis on increasing supplies, and not enough on conservation.

Demand has soared for the type of dog that fatally attacked a California woman. Vincent Duffy of member station WKSU reports that breeders are resisting this new clientele who seek big, vicious dogs.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on the bribery scandal embroiling the government of India. Several top politicians in the ruling political party have resigned.

NPR's Guy Raz in Ankara reports many Turks are questioning their government's dealings with the International Monetary Fund. They say the recent financial crisis would not have occurred if the government had refused to implement IMF-backed economic reforms.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports on investor reaction to the extreme peaks and troughs of recent stock market activity.

Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Julin reports on the experiences of a group of boxers from Iceland who are training and fighting in Duluth this week. Amateur boxing is outlawed in Iceland, but these Rocky wannabe's won't be discouraged.

From member station WNYC, Beth Fertig reports on the vote this week by parents at five of New York City's most troubled schools over whether to allow a private company to step in and run the schools.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on a new program instituted in Maryland by which the state pays farmers to stop growing tobacco. Some farmers are switching to other crops, while others have no intention of changing.