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With the 24-member Navy crew back in the U.S., the government is coming out with their version of what happened to cause the mid-air collision with a Chinese jet. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports more than 30 heads of state from Latin America and the Caribbean gather in Quebec City this weekend to discuss trade and hemispheric cooperation. The main item on the agenda is a free trade zone encompassing all of the Americas.

Robert talks with Sunday Times reporter Cornia Pretorius in Johannesburg, South Africa about recommendations by a committee of teachers to stop the use of certain books -- including some by Shakespeare and Nadine Gordimer -- in high schools and college.

Fred Kight reports from Athens, Ohio, on the comeback of the pawpaw, a green-and-yellow fruit native to North America, but with a tropical flavor. Some say it could be a replacement crop for farmers no longer growing tobacco.

NPR's John Burnett reports on the spread of tuberculosis across the U.S.-Mexico border. Health officials on both sides are joining together in efforts to keep infected people on their medication.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports from Miami that the "cold-war" mentality in relations between the U.S. and Cuba has disconnected direct long-distance phone service between the two countries.

Andrew Haeg of Minnesota Public Radio reports on moves by 3M to recover from disappointing first quarter profits. Officials say they plan to cut about seven percent of their 75,000 person workforce.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports on a growing movement for peace in Angola, which has been at war for 40 years. The civilian movement seeks to end the fighting and stem government corruption.

NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports on a Presbyterian church that uses the trappings of Jewish services and says that believers can stay Jewish while also following the teachings of Jesus.

The lifting of the ban on assault weapons has left more than a few potential gun buyers and even gun sellers uncertain about the practical effect. NPR's Peter Overby reports.