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Ten U.S. states hold Democratic presidential nominating contests Tuesday. At stake are more than half the delegates needed to win the party's nomination. Sen. John Edwards needs to claim multiple victories if he is to stay in the race against frontrunner Sen. John Kerry. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

Saturday marks two years since final congressional approval of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. Conventional wisdom predicted the law would reduce big money's influence in Washington and cripple fundraising by Democrats. In fact, both major parties are raising more funds under the new law than before. Hear NPR's Peter Overby.

Spanish police arrest five more people in connection with the March 11 terrorist attack on the Madrid train system. Investigators believe some of the suspects are linked to suicide bombings in Casablanca last May. The Madrid attack's death toll rose to 202 when a 22-year-old Peruvian woman died of wounds suffered in the blast. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Sylvia Poggioli.

NPR's Steve Inskeep in Baghdad reports on the growing U.S.-trained Iraqi police force, which has become a target for insurgents in the country. More than 100 policemen have been killed in the past year in Baghdad alone.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, is all about erasing memories. Happily, NPR's Bob Mondello says the film itself is unforgettable.

NPR's Juan Williams talks with Gen. Pete Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the status of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pace says the military has gotten better about troop rotation, and that morale is good overall.

Political observers are closely watching the race to win the Illinois Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Peter Fitzgerald. Many see Democratic candidate Barack Obama as his party's best chance to overturn the Republican majority in the Senate. If elected, Obama would become the third African-American senator since Reconstruction. Hear NPR's David Schaper.

The U.S. military says a suicide car bombing caused the massive explosion that destroyed the Mount Lebanon Hotel in downtown Baghdad Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens of people. But on the streets, angry Iraqis blame U.S. missiles for the blast. Meanwhile in Baquba, at least six people are killed in two separate attacks on Iraqi journalists and a U.S.-funded TV station. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Those final minutes of the day, when parents everywhere are trying to get restless kids to settle down and go to bed, are what Wynton Marsalis calls "the magic hour." It's also the title of the acclaimed trumpeter's new CD, which he says celebrates the childishness in all of us.

A fierce debate erupts in the House over a Republican-backed resolution commending U.S. troops for their valor and declaring the world a safer place after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Outraged Democrats accuse the Bush administration of misleading the public about Iraq's banned weapons and of discrediting U.S. foreign policy around the world. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.