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BBC's Adam Brimelow reports that today a British court will rule on whether doctors can separate six-week old Siamese twins in an operation in which one will die.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Mexico City on a series of problems facing the country. In addition to the rapid depletion of forests and marine habitat, Mexico is dealing with a severe water shortage.

Sixty-six large fires are burning in the western United States today. This is being called the worst fire season in fifty years. NPR's Aaron Schachter reports on the financial cost of this year's firefighting.

Katie Bausler reports on Chris Clark, the only American competing in the women's marathon at this year's Sydney Olympics.

Scott speaks with reporter Alice Furlaud who remembers the 1960 Democratic National Convention. Alice was there, but missed, it seems, the most important events.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on one of Al Gore's closest advisors in his presidential campaign: his daughter, Karenna Gore-Schiff.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the meeting of the North American Anarchist Conference in Los Angeles this past week. City officials feared violence leading up to the Democratic convention, but the anarchists focused more on social issues than protests.

To try to blunt the gains Vice President Gore received since this week's convention, his Republican opponent, George W. Bush, campaigned in Mr. Gore's home state: Tennessee. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Anita Bugg from memberstation WPLN in Nashville reports on an annual joint yard sale that spreads for 450 miles along a southern highway.

NPR's Patty Neighmond reports on the trend by the nation's largest corporations and the government to contract directly with physicians -- leaving the insurance companies out. It's a move to stem double-digit inflation in health care costs.