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NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports on the reaction of the families of the spy plane crew members released yesterday. After a stop for debriefing in Hawaii, they'll be on their way back to home base on Whidbey Island, Washington.

Sir Harry Secombe, the popular British comedian of both television and radio, has died. A star of Oliver and The Goon Show passed away in Surrey, England, on Wednesday, at the age of 79.

Sports Commentator Frank Deford wonders whether the standoff between the U.S. and China will help or hurt China's chances of hosting the 2008 Olympics.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the future of U.S. surveillance flights and U.S. China relations as this first foreign policy crisis of the Bush administration is gradually resolved.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports on the autopsy records of the late NASCAR great, Dale Earnhardt. An independent medical expert says Earnhardt died when his head whipped forward violently after his car crashed into a wall during a race in February . The medical report found no evidence that his death may have been caused by a broken seat belt buckle, as a NASCAR doctor contended.

Andrea Dukakis of Colorado Public Radio reports on the effect of an economic downturn on people trying to get off of welfare. Although the number of people on welfare has decreased since the passage of a federal welfare reform law, a recession could cause caseloads to rise.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Mitchell Daniels who, as director of the Office of Management and Budget, is responsible for getting the budget through Congress. On Monday, the president released details of his $1.96 trillion budget, which he had outlined in a blueprint on February 28th. Last week, the Senate approved the blueprint after scaling back the President's proposed 10-year tax cut from 1.6 trillion to 1.2 trillion. The House approved the entire 1.3 trillion tax cut proposal on March 21st.

From Minnesota Public Radio, Dan Gunderson reports on the community effort in Moorhead, Minnesota, to protect homes and buildings from flooding rivers. With memories of the 1997 floods fresh in their minds, residents are quickly erecting emergency levees in the hopes of avoiding the billions of dollars in damage they saw four years ago.

Geraldine Coughlan reports that a bill voted up in the Dutch Senate today has made euthanasia legal in the Netherlands -- the first country in the world to legalize this complex issue. A system of rules and regulations is being set up, and legal euthanizations will begin in the summer.

Scott Horsley of member station KPBS reports on the stock market rally that sent the Dow Jones industrial average 2.5 percent higher and the NASDAQ Composite Index six percent higher yesterday. It was the first time in nearly a month that the Dow has closed above 10,000. Analysts are reluctant to read too much into yesterday's rally but wonder if it's a sign that the downturn in stock prices may be over.