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In a five-part series for Morning Edition, NPR's Eric Weiner and Michael Sullivan examine the spread of terrorism in Southeast Asia. In Part One, Weiner reports from the Philippines -- a Roman Catholic country that seems an unlikely place for an al Qaeda cell, but where investigators believe the militant Islamist group gained its first foothold in the region.

Host Steve Inskeep reflects on another intrepid space explorer, astronomer Galileo Galillei.

NPR's Juan Williams talks with astronomer Tony Beasley, possibly the first person to see the space shuttle Columbia break apart Saturday. Beasley was watching the shuttle from Southern California when he saw Columbia begin to fly apart. He recorded his observations to help NASA officials get a better sense of what happened that morning.

President Bush today releases his budget for fiscal 2004. The proposal includes slashing taxes, reducing funding for many domestic programs, and increasing defense spending by $17 billion. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Remains have been found from all seven astronauts killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart upon re-entry Saturday, NASA officials say. Meanwhile, investigators examine debris scattered over eastern Texas and Louisiana. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep, NPR's Richard Harris and NPR's Wade Goodwyn.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports from Nacogdoches, in East Texas, where much of the debris from the shuttle Columbia has been collected over the last two days. Law enforcement officers have been guarding the material, and citizens have been delivering pieces of the wreckage to authorities.

NPR's Joe Palca joins host Bob Edwards to address some of the questions about NASA's handling of safety.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that the NASA investigation into Saturday's disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia is concentrating more closely on the landing gear compartment in the aircraft's left wing. There's increasing evidence that the problem started there. Before the spacecraft came apart, the left side of the shuttle, adjoining the wing, heated up by an alarming 60 degrees over a few minutes. The wheel well where the landing gear is stored during flight is especially vulnerable to heat.

Boys are more likely than girls to use Ritalin and other stimulant prescriptions for attention deficit disorder, a new study in Pediatrics finds. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

As the number of American Indian-run casinos in California grows, some tribes look for ways to bring them closer to major cities. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

Top U.N. nuclear monitor Mohamed ElBaradei increases pressure on Iraq to divulge information about weapons programs, saying Baghdad must answer questions about the 12,000-page report it gave the United Nations. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

It turns out many office thermostats are just for show, but the placebo effect seems to work on fussy cubicle-dwellers.