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Host Jacki Lyden talks to NPR science correspondent Chris Joyce about genetically modified foods. The U.S. government considers genetically modified foods to be safe, and doesn't require them to be labeled. But some people are concerned that the long-term health and environmental effects of the foods could be dangerous.

Researchers estimate that children 19 and younger influenced half a trillion dollars worth of purchases in the U.S. last year. With that kind of buying power on the line, advertisers are eager for help in targeting the nation's youngest consumers. Increasingly, marketers are getting their intelligence from psychologists who use their expertise. NPR's Elaine Korry reports that now, some psychologists are calling for the practice to be banned.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Mexico on the results of the presidential election. Official projections of the final vote count show opposition candidate Vicente Fox the clear winner. Fox's victory ends the 71-year rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. The former rancher and Coca-Cola executive says he will stop corruption, double spending for public education, and jump-start the economy with foreign investment and jobs programs.

Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck reports that commercial coal methane drilling is causing some environmental problems, including flooding, high salt content in the soil, and other disturbances to land. Neighboring Montana has issued a moratorium on drilling for the gas, but Wyoming isn't likely to follow. Wyoming officials say coal methane development is too important to the state's economy.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Mexico City on Vicente Fox's first day as Mexico's president-elect. Fox met yesterday with current president Ernesto Zedillo to help plan a smooth transition to power. Later, at a press conference, Fox emphasized his commitment to end corruption in Mexico, to work with the U.S. and Candia toward a common North American market, and to confront the problem of drug traffickers.

Composer and conductor Robert Kapilow talks about his new symphony, DC Citypiece, a musical tribute to the monuments in the nation's capital. In composing the work, Kapilow talked to hundreds of Washington residents about the personal significance of their favorite monuments. He says the word,monument means something to remind or warn.

Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and bluegrass star Alison Krauss teamed up recently for a joint album, Raising Sand. Critic Ken Tucker has a review.

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In a civil suit filed this week, the Justice Department accuses a New York medical analytics company of helping a Medicare Advantage plan cheat taxpayers out of millions of dollars.