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James Tobin is the author of a biography of World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle who was beloved by the public, the G.I.s and the generals alike. He witnessed the great American campaigns of the war -- North Africa, Sicily, Italy, D-Day, Normandy, the liberation of Paris, and Okinawa. Eleanor Roosevelt was a fan of his work, saying "I would not miss that column any day if I could possibly help it." Pyle was killed in Okinawa just three weeks short of the war's end. Tobin's book is Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II (published in 1988). Tobin's newest book, To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight has just been released in paperback. (Original airdate: 4/07/03) (This interview continues into the second half of the show.)

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews music from the film The Triplets of Belleville, now on DVD.

NPR's Mandalit del Barco speaks with mourners in Southern California who visited memorials for President Ronald Reagan over the weekend. Mourners gathered at the funeral home where Reagan's body was briefly held, and also at his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Colorado has moved forward with a program to issue school vouchers, but legal roadblocks have so far stalled the initiative. NPR's Jeff Brady reports the issue has now come before the Supreme Court of Colorado.

Western New York has been particularly hard hit by the decline of the U.S. manufacturing sector and in recent years has lost thousands of jobs. But one local entrepreneur is finding success in resuscitating factories in the depressed region that others had written off. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

Mourners continue to pay their respects to the late President Ronald Reagan at the library named for him in California's Simi Valley. NPR's Madeleine Brand reports from the Reagan Library, where crowds wait for hours to view the former president's coffin.

As socially-conscious consumerism spreads, the latest in "sweatshop-free" clothing is the "No Sweat Sneaker." The shoes are meant to help improve living conditions for factory workers around the globe. But the proponents of the anti-sweatshop movement don't always agree on what constitutes humane working conditions at Third-World factories. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Reporter Alix Spiegel profiles one patient -- a woman we'll call Judy Smith -- who sought Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help her deal with her social phobia. We spend time with Judy, show how the therapy works and find out why it helps her in ways that her psychoanalysis did not.

West Coast admirers of the late president view his flag-draped casket at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library near Los Angeles. After a funeral in Washington, D.C., later this week, the 40th president will be buried at a memorial site at the library. Hear NPR's Madeleine Brand.

Activists are calling for charges against Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr in the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya following a scuffle after a traffic stop.