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NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Turkey on new government efforts to shift policy toward the Kurds. A 12-year-long battle with Kurdish insurgents has created millions of homeless refugees...most of them are pouring into Turkish cities. Although the new pro-Islamic government is trying to return these refugees to their homes, the Kurds are suspicious.

in the U.S. and Canada to develop a new system for home banking via the internet.

Noah talks with four different youngsters -- ardent baseball fans all of them -- who are rooting for their home teams in the National and American League playoffs. We'll hear from kids in St. Louis, Atlanta, New York, and Baltimore about why they think their team is going to make it to the World Series.

return home to Kinshasa after cancer treatment. Mobutu must face the disintegration of his country with rebels backed by Rwanda controlling large areas of the east of the nation.

Steve Krueger of member station KPLU in Tacoma, Washington, reports on the apparent suicide of Evan Hunziger. Hunziger was held for months by North Korean officials after begin accused of spying. Hunziger claimed he was spreading the gospel. He was released in November and returned home but was found today dead of a gunshot wound.

Police are advising commuters to stay home, as heavy rains follow a massive snow storm that dropped as much as 14 inches of snow in some areas of western Washington state. Art Hughes reports on how people in Seattle are coping with more snow and rain than they've seen in decades.

There were toes tapping and heads nodding in Louisville, Kentucky, last night when the city played host to the Bluegrass music awards. The Del McCoury Band and Dolly Parton both took home top awards. The event isn't televised, but is broadcast live in more than 3,000 U.S. radio markets.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on a fundraiser hosted by Sen. Hillary Clinton at her new Washington, D.C., home last night. Attendees shelled out a thousand dollars per person to help Clinton's colleague, Sen. Maria Cantwell, pay debts she accrued while campaigning for office.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Rob Gifford in Beijing and NPR's Tom Gjelten, about this morning's announcement by both the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the White House that they have reached an agreement. This will result in the return home of the 24 Navy personnel held on the southern island of Hainan.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports that friends and relatives of those on the U.S. reconnaissance plane held in China, await word on when their loved ones might return home. Family members are organizing efforts, such as displaying yellow ribbons on cars and trees, to show community support for the soldiers.