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Bill Cohen of Ohio Public Radio reports on a conference to discuss the problem of soaring natural gas prices. Yesterday, several of the country's largest producers, suppliers and regulators of natural gas took part in the one-day meeting in Columbus, Ohio to help governors develop plans for their own states.

From member station KPBS in San Diego Carrie Kahn reports that American authorities detained 45 Iraqi Christians yesterday after they tried to walk across the Mexican border and into the United States. Mexican police are holding about 150 more in a hotel just across the border.

NPR's Martin Kaste from Caracas reports on the end of the OPEC summit. The meeting finished with the release of a statement reassuring the world that OPEC nations would continue to provide a steady, dependable supply of oil. But also maintained they would continue to adjust production to keep price within a "fair" range.

NPR's Richard Knox reports on a new study showing that treating HIV infection within days of its occurrence may restore the immune system. A few patients have even been able to stop therapy altogether. But doctors are warning that patients should not stop therapy without consulting their doctors.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports on the OPEC summit in Caracas, Venezuela -- where Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is relishing his country's newfound importance in global energy policy and the high price per barrel of oil. Leaders of OPEC nations are making plans at the meeting for future oil production strategies.

IBM built its supercomputer Deep Blue and it subsequently became the world's first computer to win the world championship in chess. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on plans to build the world's fastest new computer to solve what is probably biology's most complex problem -- how proteins fold. (4:30) See http://foldingathome.stanford.edu.

Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush stopped in Saginaw, Michigan today and made energy policy his theme. Using a manufacturing and engineering center as his backdrop, he talked about the growing economy's need for growing fuel sources -- and the importance of keeping those sources politically and militarily secure. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

NPR's David Welna reports from Green Bay, Wisconsin that neither the Republicans nor the Democrats are willing to give-up on the eleven electoral votes from America's Dairyland. Green Bay is the most hotly-contested region in the state -- and much of the battling is happening on television -- where Mr. Gore's and Mr. Bush's ads are saturating the airwaves.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on some unanswered questions from the Wen Ho Lee and Chinese espionage investigations. What is still unknown about the data Lee downloaded to tapes that are now missing? Was someone really spying for China, and is that person (or are those persons) still active?

NPR's Martin Kaste in Buenos Aires reports a bribery scandal in the Argentine Senate is threatening the ruling coalition of President Fernando de la Rua. So far, the president has not been hurt by the scandal, but members of his administration have been accused of bribing senators to secure passage of a labor reform bill.