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NPR's Tom Goldman reports that it took 30 year's to make softball an Olympic sport, but yesterday, TEAM USA won the first ever game played in the Olympics, defeating Puerto Rico 10-0. Despite what the team feels is underexposure, TEAM USA has won fans wherever they've played, and the town of Columbus, where they've been training, has really taken them to their heart.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the upcoming Arab summit of heads of state in Cairo. This will be the first such summit in six years. They're getting together to forge a common policy toward Israel's new government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. The alliances in the Arab world seem to be falling into two camps...hardliners, headed by Syrian President Hafez Assad, and moderates, headed by Jordan's King Hussein.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that while investigators of the TWA crash are slowed by the lack of physical evidence, FBI agents are proceeding with other areas of inquiry. In case a bomb is named as the cause, they're putting together lists of terrorist groups who could be involved, as well as lists of potential suspects. And they're looking into other potential connections, such as whether July 17--the date of the crash--could have been a meaningful anniversary date for some group.

While the Democrats have charged repeatedly that Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole is in the back pocket of tobacco interests, both parties have benefitted from camapign contributions from the tobacco industry. Democrats are getting less money than they used to, but they still get a lot. And the Clinton Administration, while it has tried to limit smoking domestically, has not done so when it comes to tobacco exports. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that in the United States, the USDA is instituting a new system aimed at increasing the safety of meat and poultry. Currently, inspectors rely on literally touching, smelling and looking at meat to determine whether it has been contaminated. Under the new system, scientific tests would be used to detect E-Coli and other microbes, and meat processors would be required to identify ways meat could become tainted, and take steps to prevent it from happening.

NPR's Vicky Que reports on the rise of drug use, particularly marijuana, among teenagers and how researchers are still deciding on the best method for curtailing it. One problem may be that baby boomer parents haven't been as concerned about marijuana use by teenagers as experts think they should be. Marijuana is also much cheaper and more readily available today, which makes it difficult for law enforcement to control.

After enduring a series of fiery campaign ads run by Steve Forbes and Bob Dole in last winter's primary, voters in Iowa have asked for a cleaner campaign this fall. Bill Menner from member station KUNI in Cedar Falls, Iowa reports that candidates---so far---are responding to the electorate and have produced ads based on issues, not on personal attacks.

The FBI has arrested several members of a West Virginia militia group who federal officials accuse of planning to blow up the FBI fingerprint records facility outside Clarksburg, West Virginia. The facility houses the FBI's collection of fingerprints and other identification resources, which help state and local police identify crime suspects. NPR's Chitra Ragavan has a report on today's arrests.

Madeleine Brand of member station WBGO reports on a candidate for the U.S. Senate from New Jersey who is on the ballot state-wide but even his campaign workers can't vote for him...because they're all underage. The candidate is a history teacher at J.P. Stevens High School and his campaign is being run by his students.

The FBI announced today that it has arrested a civilian Navy intelligence analyst for allegedly giving classified information to South Korea. Robert Kim, a U.S. citizen who was born in South Korea, worked for the Office of Naval Intelligence. He is accused of gathering top-secret documents through his computer this year and passing them to an attache with the South Korean Embassy in Washington. NPR's Martha Raddatz reports.