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NPR's Joe Palca traveled in Cambodia recently, and found a variety of ethnic food available in restaurants.

The National Science Foundation has decided to attempt an unprecedented evacuation. The resident physician at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station has been suffering from gallstones. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

Scott talks with the Doyenne of Dirt, Ketzel Levine, about noxious weeds. Ketzel says that one region's common garden plant can be another regions invasive pest. (6:00) NOTE: There is plenty more dirt to be found in our Talking Plants section.

Scott talks with Jim Nayder, host of the Annoying Music Show, about his Spring-time favorites.

NPR's Robert Smith reports that pilot Shane Osborn recounted the details of the EP-3 accident in a news conference today in Hawaii before the crew returned home.

After being detained in China for 11 days, the 24-member crew arrived in Seattle shortly after 7:00 pm EDT for an emotional reunion with their families. Lisa talks with NPR's Wendy Kaufman at Whidbey Naval Base in Washington State.

NPR's John Burnett reports that as the nation debates President Bush's proposed $1.6 trillion tax cut, state lawmakers in Texas have a queasy feeling of deja vu. Texas slashed taxes under then-Governor Bush and now many legislators wish they hadn't. With health costs soaring and sales tax revenues rising more slowly than predicted, the state finds itself wondering how to pay for unforeseen expenses.

Commentator Bebe Moore Campbell says parents who worry about their children being bullied should take a look back to the first integrated schools.

A new program in Los Angeles called Homeless Court helps homeless people with minor offenses on their record clean their slate. Kristen Muller of member station KCRW in Los Angeles reports.

Robert Siegel reads some of the letters All Things Considered received from listeners this week. (3:30) To contact All Things Considered , write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C., 20001. The e-mail address is atc@npr.org.

Previews of a new opera start tonight in Minneapolis. It's about the "Swedish nightingale," Jenny Lind, and her ahead-of-its-time relationship with P.T. Barnum. Barnum was the first to market personality when he brought Lind to tour the United States in 1850. He advertised and put her name on cakes, cigars and soap. And Lind was a savvy businesswoman in her own right. Their relationship fascinated noted contemporary composer Libby Larsen, who wrote the score and co-wrote the libretto for Barnum's Bird. Minnesota Public Radio's Marianne Combs reports.

NPR's John Ydstie reports on the gathering of over 30 countries today in Canada for the Summit of the Americas. President Bush hopes to use this meeting to advance the idea of a Free Trade Area of the Americas, a concept first introduced by his father's administration.