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NPR's A Martínez talks to Alex Heath, a reporter for The Verge, about Facebook announcing a major re-branding of the company. The new entity, Meta, will encompass Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Maidstone, England, on the trial of Dutchman Perry Wacker, the truck driver charged in the deaths of 58 illegal Chinese migrants who suffocated while being smuggled in his truck into Britain. Wacker took the stand yesterday to insist he didn't know he was carrying human cargo. In its cross-examination, the prosecution sought to show he knew full well and closed the vent on his truck to make sure no one heard the illegal migrants inside.

Talk of tax cuts continues to dominate both chambers of Congress. The tax writing committee of the House this week approved a second phase of President Bush's proposed $1.6 trillion package of tax cuts, this one eliminating the so-called marriage penalty and increasing the child tax credit. But on the Senate side, talk turned to another concept -- the granting of a swift tax rebate that might pump new money into the consumer economy relatively quickly. No sooner did one Republican mention the idea than several leading Democrats adopted it. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

Noah Adams talks with Ben Miller about the closing of Fresh Kills, the world's largest landfill and the largest manmade object on earth. Fresh Kills opened in 1948 and received its last barge of New York City garbage this week. The garbage mounds will be covered with dirt and seeded with vegetation, but it will take decades for the waste to decompose. Miller is the author of Fat of the Land: Garbage in New York -- the Last 200 Years.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on a dispute between aerospace and defense contractor Raytheon and the Federal Aviation Administration. Raytheon says it should have been permitted to bid for a chance to upgrade the air traffic control system. The FAA had awarded that contract to Lockheed Martin without putting it out for bid.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on President Bush trip to Portland, Maine to sell his tax cut.

Bob Garfield, co-host of NPR's On the Media reports on permission specialists -- the people who get the suspects in the "cops" type shows to sign on the dotted line to allow their stories and images to be used in these "reality shows." There are lots of reasons why few suspects hesitate to sign -- some hope it will help their case, some just want that 20 seconds of fame before being put away for 20 years, and some, they say, are just stupid.

Noah Adams speaks with Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about golf. Specifically, Stefan notes that last weekend, Annika Sorenstrom's record setting tournament round of 59 was a bit overshadowed by a tournament victory by Tiger Woods, who hadn't won a tournament since last year. The Ladies PGA Tour gets less attention than the men's but the quality of play is just as good. Tiger Woods' 'slump' is hardly that. And many pros on the men's tour are using a new golf ball which they believe improves their play.

Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Julin reports on the experiences of a group of boxers from Iceland who are training and fighting in Duluth this week. Amateur boxing is outlawed in Iceland, but these Rocky wannabe's won't be discouraged.

In part three of our Radio Expedition to Central Africa, NPR's Alex Chadwick follows two field biologists into the forest in search of a large ape-like creature that may be an unknown species of gorilla or large chimpanzee. As they explore, Esteban Sarmiento of the American Museum of Natural History and George Schaller of the Wildlife Conservation Society, find a nest that suggests the presence of gorillas and other evidence that lean toward chimps. They also find lion tracks and ape feeding sites in a forest full of vibrant sights and sounds.

From member station WNYC, Beth Fertig reports on the vote this week by parents at five of New York City's most troubled schools over whether to allow a private company to step in and run the schools.

Electronic data collected by the U.S. surveillance plane may have been destroyed by the crew, but much of the equipment is presumed to be intact. China has recreated equipment and technology in the past. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on how the Chinese may be able to use the plane now in their custody.