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NPR's Scott Horsley reports on the steps California is taking to cope with a hot summer, little electricity and high electric bills.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on who is footing the bill for the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Even though the government gives more that 13 million dollars to each major party, most of the money comes from large corporations and wealthy individuals.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on how delegates at the Democratic National Convention regard their outgoing leader, President Clinton.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to NPR's Sarah Chayes in Bilboa, Spain, about the upsurge of violence by Basque separatists. The separatists, known as ETA, have taken responsibility for more than a dozen bombings this summer.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that when outgoing presidents pass the baton to their vice presidents, antipathy and ego have a history of complicating the hand-off.

In the second part of a series on female vocalists, NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with Dianne Reeves, a jazz singer from Denver, Colorado. Reeves is often compared to Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald.

Noah talks with Andrew Schneider, Senior National Correspondent for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, about an asbestos company that allegedly knew it's products could cause cancer as long ago as the 1970's. The Public Health Service asked the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to issue an alert. The asbestos is found in vermiculite made by the W.R. Grace Co., which is used in everything from potting soil to insulation. The Health Service says even casual handling of the material could expose people to 150 times the amount of asbestos considered safe under federal regulations.

Commentator Joe Davidson says rebel groups who finance their actions by selling diamonds may soon have to find new source of money.

The drug has been intertwined with race and ethnicity since well before the word "marijuana" was coined. Turns out there's an awful lot we don't know about the recent history of the cannabis plant.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports that venture capitalists aren't deterred by the recent jitters of the tech market. They are simply being more careful.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on the silence that could be coming soon to San Francisco's city hall. A new measure proposes a ban on cell phones in the building.

Co-Host Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about political events this week as the Democratic National Convention gets underway in Los Angeles.

Jacki Lyden speaks with Los Angeles Times reporter Davan Maharaj about the recent deaths attributed toover-stocked super stores like the Home Depot and Sam's Club. Merchandise piled high has fallen off shelves onto shoppers.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow on the desperate situation involving the 118 sailors trapped on a Russian submarine. As the Russian navy announced that it had little hope of finding any survivors, a British rescue team arrived on the scene.

The submarine disaster has had repercussions for President Putin, who was vacationing during much of the crisis. From Moscow, journalist Yevgenia Albats tells us how the president's decision to remain on vacation angered Russian citizens.

Noah checks back with Stacy Jessop, a Montana middle school teacher who was evacuated to a Red Cross shelter to avoid wildfires which were burning perilously close to her house. She's returning home today.

NPR's Jackie Northam checks in with Illinois' 10th congressional district, a key district in the presidential race, to see how the conventions played with swing voters.

Anita Bugg from memberstation WPLN in Nashville reports on an annual joint yard sale that spreads for 450 miles along a southern highway.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on the use of cochlear implants -- medical implants used to bring a semblance of hearing to the deaf. Many patients benefit from the implants,but few insurers cover the full cost. Now a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association makes the case for long-term savings in health care when the implants are used.

Jacki Lyden talkswith Barbara Robinette Moss about her new book Change Me Into Zeus' Daughter. The memoir chronicles the extreme poverty her large family endured in rural Alabama during the 1950's, which led to serious physical deformities for Moss. (Published by Scribner 2000; ISDN: 074320218X) (

Dick Cheney may befacing a bigger decision than that of accepting the other half of Governor Bush's ticket; if Cheney accepts the stock options given to him by the Haliburton Company as part of his retirement package, the potential Vice-President could be in a position to influence how much those options are worth. NPR's Peter Overby reports on Cheney's dilemma.

Commentator Madeline Hnatowich Dean recalls her recent summer vacations out West --sharing the woods with fire fighters.

After officially receiving theDemocratic nomination in Los Angeles, Al Gore and his running-mate, Joseph Lieberman, took a boat down the Mississippi River. The contenders are traveling aboard the Mark Twain to Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. NPR's Anthony Brooks talks with Jacki from the campaign trail.

Democrats will try the same budgetary process from four decades ago when first-year President Ronald Reagan used reconciliation to achieve his "revolution" in federal fiscal policy.

The German government is considering whether to ban a radical right-wing party in the wake of violent, Neo-Nazi attacks which have killed four people already this year. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder appealed to Germans this past week in Berlin, saying racially motivated violence is damaging the country. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Berlin