- Newsmaker: Update on Negotiations with China - The US has acknowledged that 24 American servicemen and women detained in China are fine and being treated well. Bob Marquand, in Beijing for The Christian Science Monitor, says negotiations continue and there appears to be movement toward the release of the crew.
- Newsmaker (Local): PG&E; Bankruptcy - One day after Governor Davis offered a rate increase, California's biggest private electric utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, filed for bankruptcy. Democratic State Senator Debra Bowen, who chairs the Senate's Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, helps us put the story in perspective.
- Reporter's Notebook: Augusta National Golf Course The best male golfers in the world tee up this weekend in the hopes of winning the famous green jacket of the Master's championship. Michael Hurdzan, one of America's premier golf architects, says environmentalists could learn a thing or two from the azalea-lined, green velvet blanket at the Augusta National course.
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