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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with musician Michael Feinstein and Ray Evans, half of the songwriting team Livingston and Evans, who wrote such classics as "Mona Lisa," "Que Sera Sera," and the theme to the television show "Mister Ed," about a new CD, The Livingston and Evans Songbook.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michael Levad of the Franklin Institute Science Museum about how he taught 30 school children three different chimp calls. The students were part of a ceremony announcing that anthropologist Jane Goodall will receive the Benjamin Franklin Award in Life Science for her work with chimpanzees.

NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports on poet Dana Gioia, who has just been named to lead the National Endowments for the Arts and the problems he will face in running the organization that has had its conservative critics.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on Vaclav Havel's last day in office as president of the Czech Republic.

President Bush proposes a new drug treatment program that would allow alcoholics and addicts to use federal vouchers at rehabilitation centers, including those run by religious organizations. The plan renews debate over the constitutional separation of church and state. NPR's Barbara Bradley-Hagerty reports.

Water levels in St. Louis reach their lowest in more than a decade, affecting the barge transportation business and companies that depend on the Mississippi River to transport cargo. Tom Weber of member station KWMU reports.

The U.N. special envoy for AIDS in Africa praises President Bush's pledge to combat global AIDS. Half of the $15 billion program would be spent on treatment, a third on prevention and the rest on care. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Rachel Swarns of The New York Times.

Residents in South Gate, Calif., vote to oust the mayor, treasurer and two council members, amid allegations that they conducted city business through backroom deals and gave city contracts to friends. Adolfo Guzman-Lopez of member station KPCC reports.

A Bush administration panel recommends only minor changes to Title IX, the law that has paved the way for major growth in women's sports. NPR's Lynn Neary talks with NPR's Jackie Northam.

Classical Music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new series of operetta re-issues on DRG and Ralph Benatzky's Bewitched Maiden on the Preiser label.