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He is chief financial correspondent for The New York Times. He'll discuss the Bush administration's economic plan, including the tax break on stock dividends.

He stars as maverick cop Vic Mackey in the FX channel drama series The Shield. Last year, in the first year of the series, Chiklis won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Now it's year two. The Shield is a major departure from the sunnier roles Chiklis had in his past TV shows, The Commish and Daddio.

Frank Browning reports on Hungarian jazz bass player Aladar Pege. Mr. Pege has played through the dark days of Soviet repression until today. He remains a mythic figure among jazz fans.

NPR's Scott Simon reviews the week's news with NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what awaits all those death row inmates in Illinois now that their death sentences have been commuted to life in prison.

The $41 Kobe beef patty at Manhattan's Old Homestead Restaurant is the most expensive hamburger in New York City. Is it worth it? Hear from NPR's Scott Simon and Brooke Gladstone, host of NPR's On the Media.

Host Scott Simon remembers singer Janis Joplin, who would have turned 60 this weekend had she not died of a heroin overdose in 1970. Joplin was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Calvin MacKenzie, professor of political science at Colby College, about the report of the bipartisan National Commission on the Public Service -- a high-level panel of government experts that have issued recommendations on major reforms for the federal government.

Gulf War veteran Louis Jones, Jr., admits he kidnapped, raped and killed a young soldier. He was sentenced to death for the crime in 1995. He says chemical exposure during the war caused organic brain damage, and he wants President Bush to grant him executive clemency. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jones' lawyer, Timothy Floyd.

Host John Ydstie talks with Christine Brennan of The Washington Post about the U.S. Figure Skating Championships underway in Dallas.