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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.

A report in the Journal of Experimental Psychology sheds new light on those frustrating moments when a word or name is on the tip of your tongue, and why it comes to you after you've stopped struggling for it. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the mixed verdicts in the trial of four Los Angeles police officers. The men, who worked at the scandal-ridden Rampart Division, were accused of filing false police reports, conspiracy and perjury surrounding the arrest of alleged gang members.

Lisa talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about the report by the Navy's Court of Inquiry, which investigated the collision of a U.S. submarine with a Japanese fishing boat. The New York Times is reporting that the Court recommends AGAINST a court martial of the skipper.