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- NPR's Vicky Que reports on the increasing popularity of a contraceptive drug called "Depo Provera" among teenage girls. Depo Provera is a shot which protects against pregnancy for three months. It's appeal is convenience, but some experts suspect that physician bias and family pressure play a large role in its widespread use.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Geneva, Switzerland, that there are only 48 hours left in negotiations on a treaty to ban all nuclear tests. The nations of the world...particularly the five nuclear powers...are still deeply divided over important issues such as how to verify the treaty and how to make it legally binding on all nations.

Farmers in western Kansas are in the midst of harvesting a poor wheat crop that has been damaged by this year's drought and cold winter. NPR's Laura Ziegler reports that the new farm bill has enough flexibility to allow farmers to plant a different crop to recoup their losses, which is a change from past policy.

Truck and bus manufacturer Navistar International announced today it plans to cut its workforce by three thousand people. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that three out of five jobs in Navistar's Springfield, Ohio plant could be eliminated within three years because of new machinery that replaces workers.

- Robert Smith of member station K-U-O-W in Seattle reports on a unique neighborhood program where neighbors barter with each other, goods and services. Someone who does handy work can exchange his skills for drum lessons from a neighbor who plays in a band.

- Daniel talks with Rutgers University Biology Professor Joanna Burger about contaminated fish. The EPA released a study this week saying state contaminated fish advisories are increasing. Most of this is due to increased reporting. But Dr. Burger says people should watch the amount of fish they consume, especially pregnant women.

- In New York City, there's one particular group of people known for its expertise in building skyscrapers...they are Native Americans from the Mohawk tribe. NPR's Margot Adler has this report on a recent reunion of "skywalkers" who gathered in the shadows of some of Manhattan's tallest buildings, to talk about their lives and work.

Members of the group known as the "Viper Militia" are scheduled to appear in federal court today for a detention hearing in Phoenix, Arizona. 12 members of the group were arrested Monday in connection with an alleged plot to teach others how to blow up federal office buildings. Doug Ramsey of member station K-J-Z-Z in Phoenix reports.

Chris Nuttall reports from Ankara, Turkey, where prisoners demanding better conditions are holding a "death fast". The first woman prisoner died today. That brings to eight the number of prisoners who have died in the past week. Also today, ten-thousand Kurdish militants joined the strike.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from Paris that there's a new agreement among industrialized nations on fighting terrorism. The Group of seven industrialized nations and Russia adopted 25 measures aimed at keeping closer surveillance on terrorist groups and improve cooperation in tracking them down.