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In the Philippines, a massive military offensive continues against the Muslim separatist faction, known as the Abu Sayaf. In recent months, the Abu Sayaf has been holding foreigners as well as Filipinos hostage, trading them only for millions of dollars in ransom. Orlando Guzman reports.

Host Mike Shuster talks with Dan Gillmor, technology columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, about the increase in 'peer-to-peer computing', where individual computers work together to help process information. Although the technology has been used to run the world-wide-web since its inception, peer computing has not found widespread commercial use. But with the successful use of the technique by high profile Internet companies such as Napster, interest in peer-to-peer computing is growing.

Todd Gleason reports on the farming industry's biggest tech fair, The Farm Progress Show, which takes place this week in Cantrall; Illinois.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that a new study by the Census Bureau shows the number of Americans living in poverty has dropped to the lowest level in two decades. The study also shows that approximately 17 percent of American children are growing up in poverty.

Host Mike Shuster talks to Minnesota Governor, and author, Jesse Ventura. Today, Ventura releases an essay of a fictional press conference, where he asks all the questions...and muckraking reporters have to provide all the answers. (3:51) The essay can be found on our website, www.npr.org

Host Mike Shuster talks to Bruce Link, co-author of a mental health study that is expected to be released today. According to a study, Americans increasingly associate mental illness with the potential for violence despite evidence the mentally ill are not violence-prone.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on concerns over the sale of Media-Most, Russia's largest private media group. The head of Media-Most says he was under duress last July when he agreed to sell his company in exchange for the government dropping fraud charges against him. Some say the charges were part of a Kremlin campaign to muzzle the media group's outlets, which have been critical of Putin.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the beginning of televised Presidential debates. In 1960, then Vice-President Richard Nixon faced off with Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy at CBS affiliate WBBM in Chicago. Some of the people involved in the debate, including moderator Howard K. Smith and debate director Don Hewitt, spoke last night in Chicago about the event.

Host Mike Shuster talks to William Baer, former head of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition about yesterday's decision by the U.S Supreme Court not to hear the Microsoft's appeal in its anti-trust case.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that the nation's blood supply may be stretched dangerously thin in years ahead. As the baby boomers continue to age, some experts are projecting more blood will be needed to keep them healthy, and the number of donors will continue to drop.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports the latest developments on Sunday's Presidential elections in Yugoslavia. Yesterday, the Yugoslav Federal Electoral Commission announced that opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica failed to win the 50 percent needed for an outright victory. Kostunica won 48 percent of the vote and President Slobodan Milosevic won 40 percent.

Mike Shuster talks with James Hersov, who's just produced The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story. The film is said to be the first production made in collaboration with the San, the first people of Africa. Hersov says the San still practice much of their indigenous culture, but elements of modern society are creeping into their lives. He says The Great Dance is an attempt to show how the San view their world.

Representatives from the major film studios faced the Senate Commerce Committee today and promised to take steps to limit the marketing of violent R-rated films to children. The hearing came after a report by the Federal Trade Commission revealed that the studios sometimes target marketing campaigns at children too young to see R-rated films. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.

Catherine Houchins is pastor at the Metropolitan Community Church of the Blue Ridge in Roanoke, VA. She is conducting funeral services for Danny Overstreet, who was shot and killed at a Roanoke gay bar on Friday. Six others were wounded in the shooting. Noah talks to her about the mood in the southwest Virginia community.

Republican Presidential nominee George W. Bush campaigned at a school in southern California today. Bush is the underdog in the state, but says he is optimistic that he can win an upset there. NPR's Andy Bowers talked to one voter who explained both why Bush both down in the polls and holds realistic hope.

Senator Joe Lieberman is a household name because he's running for vice president. But he also has a second campaign to run this fall, for re-election to his Senate seat in Connecticut. He insists he intends to run both races, but some Democrats are having second thoughts. They worry that if Al Gore and Lieberman win the national race, Connecticut's Republican governor will fill the vacant Senate seat with a Republican. Connecticut Public Radio's John Dankosky reports.

Commentator Desiree Cooper talks about James, a young man who bludgeoned his father and is completely unrepentant about it. James says he suffered from abuse from his father. Cooper says that there is much concern about violence on television making kids more violent, but that real violence in their lives is an even more negative force in the lives of kids.

Commentator Frank Deford returns from Sydney to offer some insight on Australian Olympic spirit. He seems to think American sports fans can take a lesson from the land down under.

Marion Jones won Olympic Bronze in the long jump, finishing three inches behind Germany's Heike Dreschler. It was her third medal in these games, but ends her quest for FIVE GOLD medals. Jones has already won two golds -- in the 100 and 200 meters. She still plans to run in two relays tomorrow. In an even bigger surprise, NPR's Eric Weiner reports, Morocco's Hicham el Gerrouj suffered a bitter defeat in the 1500 meters. He'd been virtually unbeatable since getting tangled with another runner and finishing last at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.

Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman was regarded as a bold and risky choice for a vice presidential candidate, the first Jew to appear on a major party's national ticket. Since he was named in August, Lieberman has clearly helped the man who picked him, Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore. But while Lieberman's strong emphasis on his religion and ethnicity has been a plus, it has also generated controversy in some unexpected ways. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

Commentator Mark Jenkins was a student at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. He says the new film Remember the Titans, which is based on events in at Williams High that year, doesn't square with his memory of the school.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on a second straight day of violence at Jerusalem's holiest site, where at least four Palestinian protestors were killed and dozens more wounded in clashes with Israeli riot police.

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports on how regular bus and rail riders are dealing with the two-week-old public transit strike in Los Angeles. Many of these people are poor, service workers who don't own car. The extra costs of getting to their jobs have left some worried about how they'll pay for rent and groceries.

Companies offering new telecom services say they're having trouble reaching many potential customers. They say landlords limit which firms can put equipment into office buildings and apartments, and that deprives tenants of the new services. Landlords say they need to protect their property and that older buildings have limited space available. Landlords collect fees from companies that install equipment. The FCC will soon decide whether landlords have to allow open access to their buildings. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

Each fall, the New York Jets welcome a few lucky fans to a special training camp for women only. It was originally designed to help football widows better understand the game. But Tandaleya Wilder reports most of the women at this year's camp came to improve their own performance on the gridiron.