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Noah and Robert read letters from All Things Considered listeners.

David Greenberger reviews the CD Winners Never Quit, by Pedro the Lion. The band is a trio, but the creative force behind all the music and lyrics is David Bazan. You might find this CD in your record store under the category Christian rock. But Bazan might bristle at that categorization. The album weaves together songs about faith and doubt, without preaching or proselytizing.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on a news conference held today in Washington by groups planning to hold demonstrations at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. The groups, under an umbrella organization called the "R2D2 Coalition," were behind the WTO and World Bank protests earlier this year.

GREAVES continued.Classical Music Critic LLOYD SHWARTZ reviews this year's Music Festival in Dresden, Germany.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next Fresh Air - understanding cancer and its genetic mutations, from a Darwinian perspective. We talk to Doctor MEL GREAVES about his new book Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy. Greaves directs the leukemia research center at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. Join us for the next fresh air.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Newsweek Reporter Donatella Lorch about the UN embargo on diamond purchases from the rebels fighting to overthrow Sierra Leone's government. The UN hopes the ban will cut funding to the civil war, which has caused thousands of deaths in the West African country. Lorch says that implementing the embargo will be difficult for a variety of reasons.

From Gainesville, Texas, Janet Heimlich reports on a juvenile prison that has begun teaching inmates computer networking to give them a useful skill when they get out. The Justice Department is eyeing the program as a model to use at other juvenile facilities to keep youth from returning to crime.

NPR's John Burnett reports on the case of Cesar Fierro, a Mexican national who is on death row for killing an El Paso taxi driver. Fierro confessed to the crime - but now, even the prosecutor in the case admits that the confession was coerced. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that the error was harmless, and Fierro's chances at a new trial are remote.

Robert talks with Christine Black, a flight attendant and member of the Association of Flight Attendants in San Francisco, about her experiences with air rage. One of the most frightening incidents occurred three years ago, when a passenger was upset about his meal. He went into the galley, threw his tray at her, and verbally abused her.

Doctor MEL GREAVES, author of Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy (Oxford University Press. GREAVES is professor of cell biology and director of the Leukemia Research Fund Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. GREAVES places cancer in its evolutionary context, using examples from the 15th century to the most contemporary research. GREAVES talks about the importance of looking at cancer through a Darwinian lens. He says there may be implications for research, prevention, and treatment. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW) 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

In the sixth of a series of summer commentaries about minor league baseball called Play by Play, NPR's Neal Conan profiles one of the players... a man who has spent the last 14 years trying to make it in baseball.