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Host Bob Edwards talks with film critic Kenneth Turan about the films that are up for this year's Academy Awards. The Academy releases the official nominations today.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports that the Chinese government is waging a massive public relations campaign against Falun Gong, the outlawed Chinese spiritual movement. In the wake of the recent immolation by five members of the movement in Tiananmen Square, the campaign against Falun Gong is spilling over into an attack on the Western media.

NPR's David Molpus reports that a backlash may be beginning against the trend of casual dress at the office.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco dealt a blow yesterday to Napster, the popular online music-trading software. The court upheld a lower court's ruling that Napster's role in facilitating music-swapping contributes to copyright infringement, even though Napster does not profit from the transactions. NPR's Rick Karr reports.

Prize-winning journalist Amy Wilentz, Jerusalem correspondent for The New Yorker magazine from 1995 to 1997, has just published her first novel. Alan Cheuse reviews Martyr's Crossing. (1:30) Martyr's Crossing is published by Simon and Schuster.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports in an audio postcard from Moscow that despite all the reports out of Russia about economic hardship, crime and corruption, there is much to enjoy in the Russian capital these days. City residents take pleasure in many cultural attractions, from exhibits to concerts. Reasonably priced restaurants attract ordinary Russians, and elegant stores provide opportunities for window shopping, at least.

As the result of the NPR 100 series last year, producer Elizabeth Blair got a package of information from a listener alerting her to unclaimed checks and other property for musicians and others being held by the California Comptroller's office. She reports on what's in the $2.8 billion fund and what efforts, if any, are being made to let people know about it.

Joshua Levs of member station WABE reports on Atlanta attorney Larry Thompson, who's expected to be appointed deputy attorney general.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the re-examination of the presidential election that kept the country on edge for five weeks. A number of news organizations and one research firm have come together to try to find order in the chaos that was the 2000 election. However, all of the parties involved insist that this is NOT a recount.

General Pervez Musharaf, the President of Pakistan, is trying to find accommodation with Pakistan's rival, India. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.