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A profile of Mexican-American writer Dagoberto Gilb by reporter Tom Vitale. Gilb's latest short story collection is Woodcuts of Women (Grove Press; ISBN: 0802116795)

NPR's Nancy Marshall reports on a scam that many consumers who shop over the phone are discovering: buying clubs. The services add you to their membership list, and then add their membership fee to your credit card bill without the customer's consent.

NPR 's Claudio Sanchez reports on a movement in the Senate, led by Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords. Jeffords wants to ensure more money is allocated for special education and under-funded schools, before allowing President Bush's budget to pass.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on the complaints and proposed changes in the U.S. census numbers.

David D'arcy reports on Otesanek, the latest film from Czech director Jan Svankmajer. Svankmajer mixes animation and live action and his films have had a huge influence on younger filmmakers, especially England's Brothers Quay. Otesanek is screening at the San Francisco International Film Festival and opens in theaters in the fall.

From member station WABE in Atlanta, Joshua Levs reports on a tentative contract agreement reached by the pilots union at Delta Airlines. Delta officials are hoping the agreement will help to restore the public's trust. The airline has seen a drop in bookings, and recently posted its first loss in six years.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the impact Reverend Jesse Jackson's latest scandals have had on his previously active political life. Jackson was conspicuously absent from the riots in Cincinnati earlier this month, after a unarmed black man was shot and killed by a white police officer.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports that Congress is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on legislation that would make it a federal crime to injure or kill a fetus while committing a violent crime against the pregnant woman.

In 1945 the USS. Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific. Nearly 900 men ended up in the water, but after four days fighting hypothermia, dehydration and sharks, only 317 crewmen survived. A talk with two of the survivors: PAUL MURPHY, Chairman of the Indianapolis Survivors Organization (www.ussindianapolis.org) , and HAROLD BRAY. Their story was told in the 1958 book Abandon Ship! The Saga of the USS. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster by Richard Newcomb which has just been republished. The captain of the ship was court-martialed for failure to practice evasive maneuvers in enemy waters; but it's widely believed he scapegoated for the disaster. Last Fall, Congress passed legislation exonerating the captain, but the legislation did not clear the conviction from his record. The Survivors Organization is working to clear it.

Submarine Cmdr. Scott Waddle was formally reprimanded today by the Navy for a collision with a boat. Waddle was the captain of the USS Greeneville, the submarine that crashed into the Japanese vessel Ehime Maru in February. Nine people from the Ehime Maru -- including four high school students -- died when the ship sank. Waddle will not be court-martialed, and will not face a prison term. But today's hearing marks the end of his once promising Navy career. Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Martin Kaste in Brazil. One of Latin America's biggest drug lords was captured in Colombia after a massive manhunt.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports people of Chinese descent in the United States, both citizens and non-citizens, have been alarmed by the recent arrests of academics by Chinese authorities. At least six U.S. citizens have been taken into Chinese custody since December, and an unknown number of non-U.S. citizens. Some of those who were detained and released have signed statements promising to keep their ordeals secret. Specialists in sociology and mass communication seem especially vulnerable to arrest. Some Chinese in this country are canceling plans to visit relatives back home.