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Commentator Herbert "Crazylegs" Seward played trumpet in Alabama State's marching band, and he says the music and moves portrayed in the film Drumline are no match for the performances of the real bands of historically Black Colleges and Universities. One band's routines are so precise they form the score of the game at halftime; another has a style called "The Rattler" that resembles the slither of a snake.

David Wiegand, a 31-year-old mortgage underwriter from Portland, Ore., is the new national Scrabble champion. He was crowned in Reno, Nev., after winning three out of the five games in the final match against Panupol Sujjayakorn, 21, an economics student from Thailand.

This year's match-up between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams is expected to be the most bet on Super Bowl ever.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports the nation moved one step closer to a digital television broadcasting system today. The Federal Communications Commission, in a 4 - 0 vote, proposed rules that would match each of the nation's 1,600 television stations with a digital channel. The stations will continue broadcasting on their existing channels while making the changeover, a process that's expected to take up to 15 years.

Viewership of this year's first presidential debate was down by a third compared to 1992, according to a new survey. But for many of those who did tune in, the debate marked the first time they paused to think about the 1996 campaign, the political process and what it means for their lives. NPR's Steve Inskeep listened in on one such group of voters to learn how they reacted to the candidate match-up.

Commentator Joe Loconte says President Bush has sparked a national conversation about religion in America. Mr. Bush's proposals to make government more friendly to religion has shocked the political system. Conseratives and liberals are both being challenged to examine how their beliefs match their actions. With bipartisan support for expanding the role of religion, Loconte says it would be foolhardy not to try Bush's route.

For 20 years, something called the "broken windows" theory has guided some social policy and many city police departments. The theory holds that disorder in urban neighborhoods leads people to be disorderly. New research shows that people's perceptions of disorder don't always match the actual disorder in their neighborhoods.

Swiss star Roger Federer knocks off American Andy Roddick in straight sets to win his third straight Wimbledon men's singles championship. He's approaching the legendary Bjorn Borg's record of 41 straight match wins on grass courts. Roddick was runner-up for the second year in a row.

Neil Clark Warren is the founder of the online dating service eHarmony. The company performs extensive personality profiling and then introduces couples with matching values and interests. Warren is an Evangelical Christian with strong ties to the conservative Christian community.

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to Donna Brazile, the first African American to run a presidential campaign, about her new book Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics. She talks about her experiences heading Al Gore's 2000 campaign and her thoughts on November's upcoming match between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry.