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NPR's Andy Bowers reports that lawyers for the captain of a Navy submarine which struck a Japanese fishing boat took a defensive tack during a military inquiry yesterday. Attorneys for Captain Scott Waddle dispute testimony that the sub's crew was confused and rushed in the final moments before the accident.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on the use of a DNA databank, which stores the genetic information of convicted felons, to help find the perpetrators in otherwise unsolvable cases. Currently, Virginia has the largest databank of all the states, but other states are working to adopt the crime-solving technique as well.

NPR's Richard Knox reports on Merck's decision to offer discounted AIDS drugs to developing countries. While the drug company has improved its image by dropping profit margins in these poorer markets, the move will have minimal effect on the high cost of comprehensive AIDS treatment.

NPR's Brenda Wilson reports on efforts to treat AIDS in Senegal. The West African nation was one of the first to strike a deal with drug companies to reduce the cost of AIDS drugs and its healthcare system is one of the continent's best. But the AIDS epidemic is proving too extensive and too deadly for even the most accomplished doctors to control.

The House of Representatives approved today the main portion of President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut. Republican leaders were exultant about passing the president's prize proposal in record time. The vote followed party lines, despite weeks of courtship by the White House. And the bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate, where a bipartisan group of centrists is insisting on modifications. NPR's David Welna reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the man who championed President Bush's tax cut in yesterday's House debate. Republican Bill Thomas, who authored the tax bill, provided its supporters with a lot of laughs and its critics with a lot of angst.

Paul Brown reports on the legacy of the Highlander Folk School. It was founded in 1932 to help unionize workers during the Great Depression, mostly in Appalachia. But as times and issues changed the school devoted itself to the growing civil rights movement in the 1950's. Many historians say the Highlander Folk School was instrumental in organizing the fight for civil rights in America.

Critics say California created its own power crisis with a deregulation plan that let wholesale prices rise and fall without letting retail prices follow. Proponents of deregulation say it works when all players take part in the give and take of market supply and demand. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

The sporadic fighting that continues in the air above Iraq flared again today as US planes struck anti-aircraft artillery installations and surface-to-air missile sites in northern Iraq. And Pentagon officials today admitted that some of the weapons used in last week's mission landed well off their targets. From the Pentagon, NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on McCamey Texas, a tapped-out oil town that's in the middle of a wealth of wind power. While the developers and investors in the wind projects stand to earn millions, McCamey gave away it's chance to collect major property tax revenues from the wind farms.