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Steve Hirschberg of member station WVXU reports on violent clashes between police and residents in Cincinnati after officers killed an unarmed young black man. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas into crowds of demonstrators.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's China Correspondent Rob Gifford about the agreement announced this morning between the U.S. and China. The news was first announced by the Chinese foreign minister.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR White House Correspondent Don Gonyea about the U.S. view of this morning's agreement with the Chinese government to release the 24 U.S. Navy personnel held in southern China for 11 days. The White House has confirmed that an agreement has been reached.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to boost national pride. But some Russians are already plenty proud-- of their homegrown pop and rock music. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow on a radio station called Nasha Radio — "our radio."

The impasse with China over the crew of an American reconnaissance plane has been broken. The plane made an emergency landing on Hainan Island after a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter jet on April 1st. NPR's Rob Gifford talks to Linda Wertheimer about the news.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that high speed Internet connections can still be pretty pokey, and that several companies are marketing software and gadgets to speed up the pace of Internet use.

Beth Accomondo, from member station KPBS, reports on several new films that attempt to shed new on Filipino culture in America, and in the process battle the subtle racism against it.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr expected the standoff with the Chinese over the downed reconnaissance plane to last longer and looks at where he went wrong.

An association of public safety officials wants to negotiate a settlement to its ongoing fight with cellular phone companies. Each side has blamed the other for delays in building a tracing capacity into their phones to aid emergency workers. The public safety officials want the FCC to reject delaying tactics by the phone companies. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

NPR's Mandalit delBarco reports the collapse of many Internet companies has pushed a lot of people with good technical skills into the job market. Most are finding new jobs fairly quickly. But for some it takes longer, and they're having to be creative about how they market themselves.