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The latest computers to roll off the assembly line will be obsolete within a year. That's a frustrating fact for most consumers, but there are some people who revel in the outmoded machines that make most techies cringe. They collected last weekend at the Vintage Computer Festival in San Jose, California. Jeff Hoffman reports.

Forty years after President Kennedy's speech at the University of Michigan campus where he put forth his idea for a Peace Corp, hundreds of former volunteers will gather for a reunion in Ann Arbor. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is pushing ahead with talks to lure hard-line Israeli politician Ariel Sharon into a national emergency government. The Israeli public seems behind the idea as a way to bring stability back into Israeli life, but the union could spell the end of the peace process.

NPR's John Nielsen reports the search for shuttle wreckage strewn over a rough section of Texas is being made easier by the new mapping techniques used by scholars, and the by the latest satellite tracking systems in the hands of local fishermen.

Republican George W. Bush campaigned in eastern Tennessee today on his way to North Carolina and his second debate with Democratic rival Al Gore. The debate takes place tomorrow night in Winston-Salem. Bush was pleased to visit Tennessee to highlight how close the race looks in Gore's home state. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on the separation of conjoined twins in Seattle earlier this month. The two girls were joined at the breast bone and shared the lower half of their bodies. Surgeons spent 31 hours working to divide their liver, intestines, and bladder to ensure that each could survive on their own. (

In the first of two reports, NPR's John Ydstie analyzes the truth behind the numbers in George W. Bush's economic plan. Tax and spending issues are expected to dominate Wednesday's night's presidential debate. Tomorrow, John breaks down Vice President Al Gore's proposal. (

NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports on challenges to the jurisdiction of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Two cases appearing before the Supreme Court today will determine if Congress exceeded its power by giving state employees the right to sue in federal court under the ADA. (8:19

Andrea Bernstein reports on a federal plan that would force General Electric to spend nearly half a billion dollars dredging PCBs from New York's Hudson River. The company says the contamination is best left in the river bottom, and it's vowing to fight the Environmental Protection Agency proposal.

Russell Lewis from member station KPBS in San Diego reports on the continuing energy crisis in California. The state is on the brink of ordering rolling blackouts to combat record strains on the power grid. Meanwhile, record energy prices are putting their own strain on customers.