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While thousands of Republican delegates and party supporters gathered in San Diego for the convention, many other groups sponsored events of their own to protest or to mark their differences with those inside the convention hall. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

- NPR's John Nielsen reports on the crash of an Air Force C-130 cargo transport plane which was leaving Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as President Clinton ended his family vacation in the area.

- Daniel talks with New York City Public Parks Department chief Henry Stern about the the history of public restrooms in America. Stern reports history is not good to people who love public parks.

Karen Michel reports on "Brain Opera," a multi-media performance iece by M.I.T. techno/composer Todd Machover. It is currently playing at incoln Center in New York City.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on how State of Ilinois officials are attempting to enact the new federal welfare law. Especially difficult is determining the difference between "work" and "work activity."

NPR's Lynn Neary reports that it has been thirty years since Hare Krishna arrived in America. The movement is working hard to mature and change its public image.

- NPR's David Molpus reports on the latest developments in the investigation of the bomb that exploded last night at the Olympic Centennial Park in Atlanta. Over 100 people were injured in the blast and two people died.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports on a requirement at Quincy College near Boston for faculty and students to be civil to each other. The proposal has caused some uncivil controversy.

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports that there is a move afoot to restore Hollywood to the grandeur of its gracious past - and eliminate the somewhat seedy enterprises that have taken over the area in recent years.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on research into what causes certain cells in the human body, and in animals, to regenerate. Scientists say that the regeneration of brain cells could someday be used in the treatment of illnesses such as Parkinson's Disease.