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NPR's Pam Fessler reports the 2000 census is in. The US population grew by 13.2 percent in the past ten years. Most of the growth was in the west and the south which means more congressional seats there, and two seats each in New York and Pennsylvania will be cut. This could mean the Democratic Party that fought so hard to regain seats during the recent election could lose them again.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports: The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution heard from supporters and opponents of the latest version of a proposed constitutional amendment. Although the measure does NOT contain specific language about school prayer, many on both sides of the issue believe it would allow some kind of prayer in the public schools, as well as religious expression in other publically-funded organizations. GOP sponsors want the U-S Constitution amended to address what they see as anti-religious bias.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports that farmers drove their tractors through the FBI perimeter around the Freemen ranch today. Farmer Dean Clark owns much of the the land the Freemen are squatting on, and wants to farm it. He's filed suit in state court to get the FBI to move the Freemen off so he can plant crops, or else to reimburse him for the loss of farming revenue.

The House and Senate are rushing to finish work on legislation that would let workers keep their health insurance if they lose or change jobs, even if they have a pre-existing medical condition. And HEALTH CARE is a key campaign issue this fall. But Joanne Silberner reports a survey released today indicates that "portability," "Kassabaum-Kennedy," and "medical savings accounts" may not win or lose points for politicians, since most Americans don't quite understand the legislation.

NPR's Philip Davis reports from London on a debate over the fate of 33-hundred frozen embryos in Britain. The embryos were set aside by hundreds of couples five years ago as part of a fertility treatment known as in vitro fertilization. Since then, the clinics have lost touch with the embryo donors - the would be parents. British law says the embryos can be kept for only five years... that anniversary comes up next week.

GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole travels to Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit and Cleveland this week to campaign. Today in Minneapolis, he spoke at a local Catholic High School about his plans to improve education, including the use of vouchers to help parents choose schools for their children. Dole's trip comes at a time when he is far down in the polls, and Republicans are publicly expressing concerns about the campaign's direction. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

Judges in California have won back some power they lost when the state adopted its "Three Strikes" law mandating 25-years-to-life sentences on third-time felonies. But NPR's Renee Montagne reports that the recent ruling won't help three-strikes defendants much, since most judges aren't likely to overrule prosecutors eager to hand down the longest possible sentences.

The largest space in North America...and one of the largest in the world...dedicated exclusively to contemporary art (works created in the last 50 years) opens to the public today (Tuesday, 7/2). Critics say that while the gallery spaces are restful places in which to view the challenging artworks...the new building itself should have also been a work of Contemporary Art instead of a fortress-like aluminum box. NPR's Edward Lifson reports.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from the West Bank on the second day of pitched battles between Palestinian policemen and Israeli soldiers that have killed at least 30 Palesitnians and 11 Israelis. The violent demonstrations that have occurred in virtually every city on the West Bank and in Gaza forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut short a European visit and fly home to proclaim a state of emergency in the territories.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that the Pentagon says that the Iraqis are rebuilding air defense sites in southern Iraq that were attacked last week by US cruise missiles, but officials say US overflights in the expanded free flight zone are not endangered. The US, meanwhile, is calling on states neighboring northern Iraq -- Turkey and Iran, mainly -- to receive refugees fleeing the Saddam-backed Kurdistan Democratic Party rout of its rivals.