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NPR's Robert Smith looks at how preliminary reports of an uprising by Iraqi citizens in Basra yesterday quickly grew to a prominent position in the news coverage of the war despite a lack of details to back up those reports.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports on a new study by the Center for Excellence in Journalism that the public is increasingly skeptical of news reports because many view news organizations as immoral.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on a new report listing political contributions by top Washington lobbyists and lawyers. The biggest donors gave thousands of dollars each last year to political action committees, the political parties and individual campaigns. But the amounts were split fairly evenly between Republicans and Democrats.

This week a committee appointed by President Clinton released a report recommending increased federal support for culture, and encouraging more private sector giving. The report recommends setting high standards in schools...which some states have already done. Phyllis Joffe looks at two examples.

Noah talks with Dr. David Lewis, a psychologist and a co-author of the report "Dying for Information." The report, commissioned by Reuters Business Information, indicates that half of all managers they surveyed felt as though they were victims of "information overload."

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on a congressional race in Alabama pitting a longtime Democratic state senator against a Republican businessman who's never held elected office. (6:00) [outcue: "... affecting the balance of power in the House next year. I'm Peter Kenyon reporting."

- NPR's Cheryl Devall reports from Chicago on a southside neighborhood called "Bronzeville." There's been a lot of talk about how communities need to rely less on the government and that rhetoric is likely to continue during the Democratic convention in two weeks in Chicago. Devall reports on what members of Bronzeville think.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations underway in Washington. There have been conflicting reports about progress in the US-mediated talks. All sides are hoping to broker a peace settlement before President Clinton leaves office next month.

Reporter Eric Roy of member station K-C-R-W in Santa Monica reports on an exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art which reflects on California's public image over the last century.

In the final report in Morning Edition's series on childcare, NPR's David Molpus reports on the conflicted role of politics in daycare. Most polls indicate that parents want the government to stay out of their childcare arrangements, but they also say they need help getting and paying for quality care.