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"My hope is that this piece will bring joy and inspiration to many people, just as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood did for generations," sculptor Paul Day says.

Storyteller Kevin Kling rides the rails. He meets "Ed", a hobo with great recipes, information on the best dumpsters around the country, and knowledge of all things. He can even predict recessions.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow where Russian President Vladimir Putin re-shuffled his government today, strengthening personal control over the armed forces.

Commentator Brian Egerston and his wife are having trouble getting pregnant. After seeing a doctor and undergoing surgery -- still no baby. He says they've started to see babies everywhere. And relatives ask them when they will have kids.

Host Renee Montagne talks with NPR's Eric Weiner in Jerusalem. They discuss the aftermath of yesterday's bombings in the West Bank and Gaza, as tensions climb higher in the region.

Six years ago, commentator Susan McKinney met a young Mexican man in San Miguel del Allende. Before they were married, she moved into his family's house. She questions her identity as a woman in her fianci's crowded Mexican home. She is an American and she works outside the house, so she isn't allowed to do the chores that define the lives of the other women in the crowded household.

NPR's John Burnett reports on the deep poverty of the people who live along the U.S. - Mexico border. The area is plagued with problems, spurring state and federal legislators to begin a search for solutions.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Charles Vest, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about the school's offer to create a Web site for most of its classes and to post materials from each course. (4:30) MIT's Web site is www.mit.edu.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from the White House on the Bush administration's efforts to play down the gravity of its first foreign policy crisis: the confrontation with China over its detention of the Navy aircraft and its crew members.