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This weekend the 28th annual International Whistler's Competition is being held in Louisburg, North Carolina. Scott speaks with whistler extraordinaire Christopher Ullman.

A private aircraft carrying American missionaries was shot down by the Peruvian air force yesterday when they mistook it for a drug smuggling plane. Host Lisa Simeone talks to freelance reporter Sharon Stevenson in Lima, Peru.

Liane speaks with Dee Bruemmer, director of public works in Davenport, Iowa, about flooding along the Mississippi River that is expected to crest in Davenport in the next couple of days. The city has opted for an open river view, rather than build a flood wall, and people there are anxiously monitoring the rising water.

On Earth Day, NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr examines President Bush's early decisions on the environment, and compares then to similar political battles from the 1960s.

NPR's Jason Beaubien reports from Quebec on protests at the Summit of the Americas. Police used water cannons and tear gas against rock-throwing activists on Saturday. More than 30 nations are attending the summit, in which President Bush and other leaders are debating a free trade zone, which some oppose.

Liane speaks live with NPR's Don Gonyea from Quebec for the latest on the summit meeting.

From member station KUOW in Seattle, Luke Burbank reports on the fading fortunes of the Vancouver Grizzlies. It's been six years since the National Basketball Association expanded to Vancouver, and the team is struggling to survive. Losses on the court and at the ticket office have made the team owner start looking toward a possible relocation to the U.S.

Liane Hansen speaks with singer/songwriter Joe Jackson, who performs a selection from his new cd, Night and Day II (Sony Classical SK 89261) for us in NPR's Studio 4A. Jackson made a splash in 1979 with his seminal new wave album, Look Sharp! and soon branched out into jump blues, reggae, jazz and classical forms. His latest recording picks up where the 1982 album Night and Day left off, full of musical portraits of New York City eccentrics.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City.

Will a new, 200-million dollar motor speedway revitalize the fortunes of Kansas City, Kansas? Local officials and residents hope so, since taxpayers have picked up most of the tab for the Kansas Speedway, which can accomodate 75,000 spectators. While some predict an economic boom from the new track, other are not so confident. Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports.