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NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Beijing that an American citizen has been held by Chinese authorities for over a month without charge. The Chinese born academic, who now holds a U.S. passport, was detained in late February in southern China.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports on a re-creation of the original game of baseball. The Genesee Country Village and Museum, near Rochester, New York, spent about $200,000 to build an authentic wooden baseball stadium.

NPR's Kenneth Walker in Luanda reports on a young Angolan artist, who is attracting growing international attention. The artist, known as Zaytubia, lost both his hands and one eye in a grenade explosion, but still manages to paint by grasping his brushes between his elbows.

After a late-night session and some frayed nerves, the House of Representatives failed to pass the federal budget, because of two pages missing from the document. The vote has been rescheduled for next Tuesday. NPR's David Welna reports.

NPR's Kate Seelye reports from Damascus on fears of widening conflict in the Middle East. Tensions are growing between Israel and Syria over that country's support for Lebanon-based Hezbollah guerrillas.

Scott Horsley of member station KPBS reports from San Diego on Pacific Gas & Electric's decision to file for bankruptcy.

NPR's White House Correspondent Don Gonyea reports on a busy week for President Bush, who was dealing with the fight over his budget and tax cut plans in the Senate and the continuing standoff in China over the crew of a downed Naval aircraft.

The Hopi and other Native American tribes would like to use objects recently repatriated under a new federal law, but Daniel Kraker reports that many artifacts are contaminated with dangerous chemicals museums used to preserve them.

Lester Graham of the Great Lakes Radio Consortium reports that rising energy costs have led some Midwestern states to reconsider drilling for natural gas under the Great Lakes.

Josh Levs of member station WABE reports that Atlanta road builders have gone on the offensive attacking local environmentalists with TV and radio ads. The ads charge the environmentalists with limiting personal freedom by blocking road construction and directing highway funds to alternative means of transportation.