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The United Auto Workers' contract with Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors expires as of midnight on September 14th. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that talks with Ford appear to be on track, but negotiations with General Motors are not going as smoothly as hoped because the company needs to significantly reduce their work force.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that U.S. stealth fighters are scheduled to fly to Kuwait today for possible attacks on Iraq. Iraq said earlier in the day that Kuwait would be committing an act of war by allowing the U.S. to use its territory for attacks on Iraq.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports that some members of Congress today called on the Clinton Administration to defend what they consider to be a policy of appeasement toward Syria, which is on the U-S list of countries that support terrorism. They questioned why the administration treats Syria any differently than Iran or Libya.

With San Diego right near the Mexican border, immigration issues have been dominant inside and outside the Republican National Convention. Activists opposed to restrictions on benefits for legal and illegal immigrants have been protesting throughout the city against the Republican platform, which calls for such limits. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

A federal judge has ordered Boston Latin School to admit a white eighth-grade girl, who claims that a quota system for African-American and Hispanic students barred her from the prestigious public school. Mark Degon of member station WBUR reports.

Liane Hansen speaks with organist Dorothy Papadakos papa-DAHK-us) about her new cd, "Dorothy Over the Rainbow -- Improvisations on he Great Organ" (Pro Organo CD 7080). She gives us a progress report on the estoration of the organ at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Reporter David Culhane speaks with Liane Hansen about ow French leaders view the American role in trying to bring peace to the former ugoslavia. Culhane says most Europeans believe U-S involvement is driven by merican election politics. They also discuss the U-S response to the latest risis in Iraq.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that the FBI has set up an 800 number to handle tips from normal citizens that might help explain why TWA Flight 800 crashed. The bureau typically gets a high volume of calls on such lines, but they say any one call can provide a critical piece of information.

Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem on the Israeli cabinet voting to remove curbs on expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move that further endangers the already stalled Middle East peace process. Today's action did not spell out when and where the settlements will be expanded, but left those determinations to the various government ministries involved.

author of a new book, >Backfire: A Reporter's Look at Affirmative Action. Zelnick says his research shows that affirmative action not only appears to be harming minorities, but may even be illegal.