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NPR's Susan Stone profiles Danielson Famile, an unusual alternative rock band who are sweethearts of the indie music scene, but as they sing of Christ in their lyrics, they raise the hackles of many within the Christian music industry.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Joseph Kabila, the newly inaugurated President of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kabila unexpectedly assumed the leadership of war-torn Congo last month when his father, Congolese President Laurent Kabila, was assassinated.

Janet Heimlich reports on a new bill being debated in the Texas Senate that would make it easier for prisoners to get DNA tests that could prove their innocence.

Amy Cordaro caters to women undergoing chemotherapy: she sells and styles wigs for them at her shop Amy of Denmark, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Cancer patients tell host Lisa Simeone they feel well-tended and soothed under Amy's guidance.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. premiere of Puccini's Tosca . Despite a mediocre reception and a poor review of the first performance at the Metropolitan Opera, Toscaendures as one of the most revered operas in history. Lisa discovers why it's also one of the most disaster-prone.

NPR's Jason Beaubien reports that the nation's largest cranberry-growing cooperative of farmers is on tenuous financial ground. It wants growers to be required to reduce cranberry production.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on President Bush's appearance at the Democratic legislative retreat in Pennsylvania yesterday. Mr. Bush continued his attempt to charm the opposition. Though some members seemed charmed, he faced tough questions from Democrats, many of whom remain skeptical of finding common legislative ground with the new president.

Lisa talks with Senior Editor Locke Peterseim of Britannica.com, the Web site for the Encyclopedia Britannica. Peterseim writes the Annotated Dennis Miller, which tries to explain all of the strange and curious observations of the comedian's commentaries during ABC-TV's Monday Night Football broadcasts.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue; President George W. Bush and Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Senator Orrin Hatch (Republican, Utah) and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (Democrat, South Dakota); Peter Lowenstein, who lost his son in the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland and Scotland's chief prosecutor, Colin Boyd.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about President Bush's recent efforts at bipartisanship and the outlook for the president's legislation on tax and social policy.