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NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the congressional race in 36th district of California, near Los Angeles, between incumbent Steve Kuykendall and former seatholder Jane Harmon. It's one of the battleground seats in this election, and the Democrats are hoping to retake the seat and others like it as they try to retake control of the house.

In Part Three of her month-long series on female jazz singers, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg profiles Jane Monheit, a 22-year-old from Long Island, who's been singing since the age of two. (7:19) Monheit's debut album, Never Neverland is on the N-Coded label; ASIN: B00004SVKL.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michael Levad of the Franklin Institute Science Museum about how he taught 30 school children three different chimp calls. The students were part of a ceremony announcing that anthropologist Jane Goodall will receive the Benjamin Franklin Award in Life Science for her work with chimpanzees.

Reporter Jane Mayer's recent article in The New Yorker examines the role of David S. Addington, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff and longtime legal adviser. Mayer says current and former Bush administration officials credit him with helping form the administration's legal strategy in the war on terrorism.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Spiderman 2, with Tobey Maguire revisiting the superhero based on the Marvel Comics series. Kirsten Dunst returns as Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker's love interest, and Alfred Molina stars as the villain Doc Ock.

To celebrate how thankful we are for 25 years on the air, we revisit interviews with Jane Curtin, Hannah Kearney, Adam Savage and Muffet McGraw.

Iraq's president has asked the prime minister to resign and called for new elections, two key demands of protesters there.

The vote is seen as a way to signal the ethnic minority's desire for self-determination, despite strong opposition from regional and international powers. Turnout reportedly was high.

The original Birkin bag — made specifically for the singer and actress Jane Birkin — just sold for more than $10 million at Sotheby's in Paris.

Partners Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne join NPR's Juana Summers to chat about their new directorial-debut film, AM I OK? which released on Max on June 6.