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Bolivia has the highest infant mortality in South America, far worse than its neighbors. NPR's Joe Palca explores the reasons for this depressing statistic, and also looks into what both governmental and non-governmental organizations are doing to address the problem.

Robert Siegel talks to Matt Sheehan, editor in chief of The Diamondback, the University of Maryland student newspaper, about violence on campus after Maryland's basketball team lost to Duke in the NCAA Final Four this past weekend.

The Census Bureau announced today that the population has continued its shift south and west. The new population center -- that is, the point with equal populations to its north, south, east and west-- is in Phelps County, Mo. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade that Serbian authorities have filed new charges against former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic -- who is now in a small, sparse jail cell.

Irish writer Nuala O'Faolain. Her newest book is her first novel called My Dream of You. Her critically acclaimed 1998 memoir, Are You Somebody? The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman was on the New York Times bestseller list. She is also a columnist for The Irish Times; she has been at the paper for over 12 years.

Secretary of State Colin Powell has decided the United States should continue financial aid to Yugoslavia. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports $50 million -- the second half of a U.S. aid package -- was contingent upon Yugoslavia's showing cooperation with the international war crimes tribunal in the Hague.

Jeff Lunden reports from New York on the opening of Stones in His Pockets, a play about celebrity worship in a small Irish town, now getting enormous buzz on Broadway. It stars just two actors who together play fifteen parts on a nearly-bare stage. The playwright says she wouldn't have gotten it staged unless she wrote it that way.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Beijing on the U.S. Navy personnel held in China after their spy plane made an emergency landing. U.S. diplomats are expected to be allowed access to them today.

Commentator Kevin Phillips examines the rivalry between President Bush and Senator John McCain. He wonders if McCain can give the Republican Party the second chance they'll need in 2004.

Mark Moran of member station KJZZ in Phoenix reports that the Tucson Air Force Base is testing "Giant Voice:" a loudspeaker that can project for up to six miles. The residents nearby hate it.