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An Afghan police official says 18 bus passengers died when a bomb exploded on a bridge near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. A nearby Afghan army post may have been the intended target, officials say. NPR News reports.

Unionized exotic dancers at the Lusty Lady in San Francisco walk the picket line to restore a pay cut and gain some fringe benefits.

Clark Boyd reports on a popular El Salvadoran radio call-in show called Enfoque Migratorio, or Focus on Migration. The show answers listener's questions about how to get into the United States. It's been such a hit that producers are planning a TV series on the same topic.

A Detroit City Council member levels an odd charge against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

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.

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.

The government says the nation's gross domestic product grew just 0.7 percent during the last quarter of 2002, a steep decline from the 4.2-percent growth during the preceding three months. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Jim Zarroli.

A U.S. Army helicopter with several Americans aboard crashes near the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, and some casualties are reported, a senior American official says. Meanwhile, the Pentagon for the first time discloses that some U.S. military forces are on the ground in Northern Iraq. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

She reflects on the career of author Norman Mailer, who turns 80 today.

For decades, scientists have searched for plants containing disease-fighting compounds. Some powerful cancer drugs are derived from a flower that grows in the forests of Madagascar. But experts say the oceans, teeming with life, might be a better place to search. As NPR's Eric Niiler reports, researchers are now scouring the seven seas in hopes of finding the next blockbuster drug.

NPR's Bob Edwards speaks to Mathea Falco, president of Drug Strategies, a non-profit, drug policy research institute, about faith-based and other drug treatment programs. President Bush has proposed to significantly increase drug treatment funding.

NPR's Bob Edwards talks with Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher magazine, about newspapers' editorial opinions about the looming war in Iraq.