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Dennis Foon is an award-winning Canadian playwright and author, best-known for his dramas which deal with issues facing young people. Harriet Baskas reports on Foon's "The Short Tree and the Bird that Could Not Sing".

NPR's Ted Clark reports that representatives of the United States and both North and South Korea finally met for the first time in New York today for preliminary discussions on starting peace talks concerning the Korean peninsula.

Bill Zeeble of member station KERA in Dallas reports on the impact the possible American Airlines strike is already having on air travelers. Thousands of people may be stranded if there's a strike, and they're scrambling to book new flights.

Linda talks with Amy Clemens, a reporter for the Arusha Times and the United Radio Service in Arusha, Tanzania. They discuss the trial of former Hutu militia leader Georges Rutaganda, who has been charged with genocide and crimes against humanity.

Deborah talks with DeeDee Gordon, the supervisor for marketing research and product development for the "L Report," and Baysie Wightman, the general merchandising manager for Reebok. They discuss how the two women travel the country to find the "coolest" kids, to learn what the big trends in fashion will be.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the Commonwealth Edison Power Company's disclosure that 80 percent of their control-room operators at a nuclear power plant in Chicago failed a test to see how they could handle reactor problems.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivered an upbeat assessment of the economy today. In testimony before Congress, Greenspan said the economy hasn't been generating the signs of inflationary pressure that undermined past expansions.

NPR's Cheryl Devall reports that business people in Miami say the Spanish spoken by descendants of Cuban and Latin American immigrants isn't up to par. They want programs in the schools to teach bilingual kids "standard Spanish."

NPR's Kathy Lohr reports on the aftermath of the Olympics for Atlanta neighborhoods. The games did not plunge the city into debt, and development has been spurred in some neighborhoods, but many did not experience the kind of urban rejuvenation they expected to.

Lauri Neff reports from Jerusalem on a police investigation into allegations of high level corruption in the government of Bernjamin Netanyahu. The charges involve illegal wheeling-and-dealing, and an appointment made to rescue the coalition that Prime Minister Netanyahu had put together.