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NPR's Phillip Davis reports on Internet companies aimed at Latin America that are setting up shop, not in their native countries, but increasingly in Miami. They're doing so mainly because it's easier to get to Latin America from Miami than anywhere else. But Davis also says doing business from Miami helps alleviate traditional rivalries among Latin American countries.

Advances in medicine have made it possible for very small pre-term babies to survive. But these infants who survive still face high risks of developing disabilities. A study published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine puts some hard numbers to the rates of pre-term disabilities. This will help doctors and parents understand, at least statistically, what a baby's chances are for normal development. NPR's Allison Aubrey has this report.

NPR's Rick Karr reports that following the near shutdown of Napster, the online music swapping service, many fans are flocking to similar sites. Programs on the web such as Freenet and Gnutella had more than 9-million hits this weekend alone, causing some critics to say the end of music copy-write law may be at hand.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Berlin on Germany's centuries-old Meister system, which requires craftsmen to complete a lengthy training program before being licensed. German guilds are resisting pressure to relax their rules and conform to the standards of the European Community. EU rules say that a worker from one country should be free to practice his trade in another.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on events of the third day of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Last night, former six-term congressman, defense secretary and oil executive Dick Cheney accepted the Republican Party's vice presidential nomination and opened a new chapter in his political life. (8:29

NPR's Margot Adler reports on Senator Joseph Lieberman's identity as an Orthodox Jew and how it might affect Al Gore's prospects for winning the Presidency. Lieberman is known for his morality and moderation. He was the first Democrat in the Senate to denounce President Clinton's sexual behavior as immoral. And he's been highly critical of violence and sex on television and in popular music.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports Mississippi has a new take on the reality TV craze: It's a Website where the world can watch four young smokers living for a week in an apartment trying to quit. The state is offering a cash prize to each member of the group who makes it through the week without lighting up. And the web audience gets to vote on activities that will make it harder or easier for them.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that Russia today asked Britain and Norway for help in rescuing the crew of the submarine Kursk, which has been stranded for days at the bottom of the Barents Sea. Britain has airlifted a mini-sub to Norway, to be sent on to the crash site. The request for foreign help followed repeated, unsuccessful attempts by the Russians to dock a diving bell to the sub, to evacuate the more than 100 men on board.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the second day of events at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Last night's string of high-powered Democratic speakers include Jesse Jackson, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, former US Senator and presidential candidate Bill Bradley and Congressman Harold Ford the youngest member of congress.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Warsaw that a special tribunal today cleared former Polish president Lech Walesa of charges he collaborated with the communist-era secret police. The court ruled that in the early eighties, the Interior Ministry faked documents, casting Walesa as an informant, to undermine his chances of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Thursday, the court also cleared the current president Alexander Kwasniewski, of similar charges of collaboration.