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NPR's Larry Abramson reports that even though Napster now must remove copyrighted songs from the internet, amateur programmers are racing to come-up with clever ways to get the tunes anyway.

Morning Edition's Cowboy Poet Baxter Black decries the tug-of-war that is the month of March.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy all Starlink variety corn from farmers and seed-producers, and destroy it. Starlink is a genetically engineered variety of corn that has been taken off the U.S. market.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on the masked leader of the Mexican Zapatista rebels, Subcommander Marcos. Some say if Marcos wants to succeed in his campaign for Indian rights, he must turn his group of guerillas into a legitimate political force.

Host Bob Edwards talks to actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee about their partnership, on and off screen. During 52 years of marriage, they've distinguished themselves as performers and civil rights advocates. Sunday night they'll receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

NPR's Brenda Wilson reports that pharmaceutical company Merck has announced plans to distribute AIDS drugs in Africa at deep discounts. This is part on NPR's series on AIDS drugs and the Third World.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports Congressional lawmakers were able to overturn recent Clinton Administration workplace regulations by using a new law called the Congressional Review Act. Members of both parties helped pass the measure five years ago, and it allows lawmakers to reject new federal rules with a simple majority vote. Democrats who voted FOR the Act now regret their support.

NPR's Madeleine Brand files this follow-up report on Michael -- a child in foster care whose dire situation she described one year ago this week.

NPR's Libby Lewis reports on a U.S. attorney's controversial decision to prosecute owners of clubs where raves happen under laws designed to shut down crack houses. The government says the club operators are responsible for the use and sale of ecstacy in the clubs.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports that women's rights activists are trying to introduce a law against domestic violence. The country has no such law, although women are routinely injured, or even murdered, in their homes.