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Grandaddy is a band from a farming community in Modesto, Calif. It seems an unlikely place for a pop band with electric guitars and gurgling synthesizers to emerge. But they have. They imagined a wonderful futuristic sound that has captured the ears of listeners in London. Mikel Jolet reviews their new CD Sumday.

The Senate starts what promises to be a long inquiry into February's space shuttle Columbia disaster. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe faces questions ranging from budgets to affixing blame for the accident, which killed seven astronauts. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

In an effort to attract more foreign contributions, the Bush administration circulates a draft resolution within the U.N. Security Council that authorizes the creation of a multinational force in Iraq under U.S. command. The cost of the U.S. operation in Iraq continues to mount, and reports suggest the White House will ask Congress for about $60 billion in aid. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Extended Play -- Live at Birdland, a new, live double album from the Dave Holland Quintet.

The United States says Iraq needs more security, and Iraqis have to do much of the job. Early efforts have focused on police retraining. But it could take another year and a half, U.S. officials say, to get as many trained police as needed. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

The Bush administration sends Gen. John Abizaid and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz to reassure Congress of progress in Iraq. Their appearance at Capitol Hill comes amidst increasing anxiety by lawmakers over the growing cost of the U.S. occupation in Iraq. NPR's David Welna reports.

More than a decade after his death, American composer John Cage continues to challenge listeners. When Cage wrote a piece called As Slow As Possible, he expected a performance would last about a half hour. But as NPR's Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr reports, a group of Cage scholars started a performance of the piece in Germany two years ago, and hope that it will last more than six centuries.

The Bush administration will begin circulating a draft resolution within the U.N. Security Council that would authorize the creation of a multinational force in Iraq under U.S. command, U.S. officials say. The decision, an effort to attract more foreign contributions, comes as the cost of the U.S. operation in Iraq continues to mount. Hear Guillaume Parmentier of the French Center on the United States.

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge says he is making changes in the agency that could provide thousands of additional federal air marshals and improve security at the nation's borders. The changes involve reshuffling some of the department's 180,000 employees and working more closely with state and local governments. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler.

Both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) have campaigned in Florida -- a state that proved decisive in the 2000 presidential election. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with journalists Tom Fiedler and Carl Wernicke about how the presidential election will play out this year. Fiedler is the executive editor of the Miami Herald and Wernicke is the opinion page editor of the Pensacola New Journal.