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NPR's Brian Naylor reports that the House of Representatives passed another tax cut yesterday. The measure decreases the amount of social security income that is subject to taxation. Critics of the Republican-led move say this and other recent tax cuts could lead to budget deficits in the future.

Host Lynn Neary talks with Wall Street Journal technology writer Walter Mossberg about the future of communication via the so-called wireless web.

Host Lynn Neary talks with musicians in the ensemble AXIOM OF CHOICE about their new CD, Niya Yesh. Blending traditional Persian melodies and instruments with those from a variety of other cultures, ensemble members Loga Rameen Torkian and Mamak Khadem, create a highly stylized multicultural crossover music. (8:55)Niya Yesh by Axiom of Choice is available from Emd/Narada; ASIN: B00004T9SS or NARADA WORLD RECORDS www.narada.com

Pam Fessler reports on the results of a new poll on American attitudes about politicians. The poll by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government found that while most people don't trust the government, they want it to do more.

Host Lynn Neary talks with Republican Andrew Card and Democrat Terry McAuliffe, chairmen of their parties' conventions, about plans for the Republican Convention in Philadelphia and Democratic one in Los Angeles.

NPR's Steve Inskeep is on the road with the Bush-Cheney campaign. Today the presumptive Republican ticket stumped in Arkansas, the home state of President Clinton, on the way to next week's Republican Convention in Philadelphia. George W. Bush and Richard Cheney are making a point to stop in states that have voted Democratic in the last two elections.

Ametha Sharma from member station KPBS reports the San Diego District Attorney's office is reviewing a number of cases to see if DNA evidence could definitely prove guilt or innocence. The reviews are being conducted on more than 500 convictions made before 1992, when DNA evidence was not widely in use.

NPR's Laura Sydell reports on the increasing conversion of Latinos from Christianity to Islam. The number of Latinos Muslims remains small but mark a significant change. Sydell attended a gathering in Stockton California of Latino Muslims and has this report.

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American scientists sometimes complain that they are underfunded and underappreciated. But compared to researchers other countries, they have it pretty good. In Russia, for instance, one physics experiment has been attacked by thieves trying to steal precious metals. In this week's science wrap-up NPR's David Kestenbaum took a look at happenings overseas.

The World Toe Wrestling Championships, the Cone Museum, and the Blood Pudding Tossing Contest: these along with other British eccentricities are celebrated in the light-hearted book Eccentric Britain. Host Jacki Lyden speaks to author Benedict le Vay about the people that in some countries would be looked at as crackpots, but in Britain are respected and even revered. (Eccentric Britain: The Guide to Britain's Follies and Foibles;The Globe Pequot Press; 2000)

NPR's Brooke Gladstone looks at the history of convention coverage - and the reasons for the declining interest in it - over the course of this century. It seems H.L. Mencken was just as disgruntled with conventions in the 1920's as was Ted Koppel four years ago.