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NPR's Joe Palca reports on a new genetic test for breast cancer. But medical ethicists, doctors and patients are struggling with its implications.

Susan talks with Princeton University Creative Writing Teacher and novelist Elizabeth Benedict about her book "The Joy of Writing Sex -- designed to help the serious author write better sex scenes.

Commentator Frederica Matthews-Green reflects on the phenomenon of everyday people who demonstrate deep faith. She tells the story of Michael, a local plumber and fellow member of a small Eastern Orthodox congregation, who recently went off to become a monk. As the congregation tearfully sent him off, Matthews-Green noted the extraordinary number of people like Michael who live lives of faithful devotion. Negative images of religious people in the media are unfair stereotype, she says, because most deeply religious people are just like the rest of us, and Michael.

A house built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940 is re-opened today a year after it closed for renovations and on the birthday of Wright, who was born 129 years ago.

Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Lynn Neary in Wilmington Delaware, where a panel of Episcopal bishops ruled that church doctrine does NOT specifically ban the ordination of non-celebate homosexuals. The ruling means that a retired bishop who ordained a non-celebate gay man in 1990 will NOT have to face a heresy trial. Today's opinion by a special panel of Episcopal bishops did NOT deal with the church's position on the morality of homosexual relationships.

the GOP is arguing over their budget strategy and health insurance legislation, the Democrats in Congress have unified behind raising the minimum wage... a measure suggested by President Clinton last year.

Canada's armed forces that dates back to early 1993, when they participated in the U-N peacekeeping mission in Somalia. Some Canadian troops allegedly were involved in the torture and killing of Somali civilians. Canadian officers are accused of trying to cover up their knowledge of the affair.

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Today is Cinco de Mayo, a day of celebration for Mexican-Americans, and among the foods found at fiestas today is a dish called menudo, which is prepared from tripe. Tripe is the inner lining of a cow's stomach. NPR's Ina Jaffe sent us this report about a California company that manufactures menudo in a can.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports...republicans on capitol hill are sturggling to come up with a way to pay for the temporary gas tax repeal they want to vote into law. And democrats want to make sure consumers get the benefits of any tax cut. Democrats also are trying to come up with a way to bring to a vote..legislation to raise the minimum wage.

Noah Adams speaks with mountain climber Jon Krakauer about his experience last week on Mt. Everest. Krakauer and his team were caught near the peak when a storm hit on Friday, killing at least 9 climbers. Krakauer, author of "Into the Wild" (Villard: New York, 1996) and a contributing editor of Outside Magazine, spoke to us from Katmandu, Nepal.

An excerpt of President Clinton's remarks today at the signing ceremony for "Megan's Law." The law requires that people in a community be notified when a convicted rapist or child molester is released from prison and moves into a neighborhood.