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Commentator Meghan Daum realizes that people like to make fun of the Midwest, but she couldn't believe it when someone tried to pick her up by teasing her about where she's from.

Host Bob Edwards talks to T.R Reid, London bureau chief for The Washington Post about the festivities in London surrounding the Queen Mother's birthday. The Queen Mum will be 100 on August 4th, and the party's already underway all over England.

Alex Van Oss reports on a new exhibition featuring the work of Romain Brooks, a bohemian painter who worked in Paris in the early twentieth century. Though she painted seemingly traditional society portraits, she painted them so passionately that she's been called the Thief of Souls. The exhibition continues at the National Museum of Women in the Arts through September 24th.

Commentator John Ridley says he doesn't trust Texas Governor George W. Bush's new-found and avid interest in including minorities in his campaign. And he says the selection of three minority co-chairs for the Republican convention is no coincidence.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on regional reaction to the protracted Middle East peace negotiations at Camp David, Maryland.

NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on a new discovery in the insect world... a wasp that manages to interfere with a spider's web-building instinct for it's own personal benefit.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Sports Commentator John Feinstein about the British Open Golf Tournament, which is underway at St. Andrew's in Scotland. If Tiger Woods wins, he'll become the youngest man in golf history to complete a grand slam. At 24, Woods already has won the Masters, the US Open, and the PGA.

NPR Business reporter Steve Krueger reports on the latest developments on the dispute between the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television & Radio Actors. Today, both sides are scheduled to meet with federal mediators in New York in a new bid to resume contract talks.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports that many new parents, especially black parents, aren't aware of how to avoid Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and as a result hundreds of babies die every year. The government says a new public health campaign geared towards the African- American community is necessary to avoid these preventable deaths.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Eric Weiner about the upcoming G-8 summit on world economy in Okinawa, Japan. Leaders from around the world gather for the three-day summit which opens tomorrow, to discuss how to ease the burden of debt and poverty of the world's poorest countries.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Ted Clark about the latest development in the Middle East peace talks. Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yaser Arafat are continuing their negotiations after the White House announced it had ended in failure.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports a judge in Los Angeles has ruled the city's plan to keep convention protesters away from the Staples Center violates the first amendment because it would force those protesting to go more than two football fields away from the site. City planners are now trying to come up with a new plan that satisfies both the convention and protesters.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Washington lawyer Michael Hausfeld who led the class action lawsuit on behalf of survivors of Nazi slave labor. Under a settlement signed this week, a foundation set up by Germany will pay out five billion dollars in compensation. Jews who worked as slave laborers will receive 7,500 dollars each. Forced laborers, mostly East Europeans, who were treated less harshly, will receive 2,500. More than a million people will be eligible to receive payment.

Linda and Robert read letters from All Things Considered listeners. (3:00) To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20001. The e-mail address is atc@npr.org.

The House has passed two measures that would loosen the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. One would end enforcement of the ban on sales of food and drugs to Cuba; the other would end enforcement of the ban on travel by Americans to Cuba. It's uncertain that either provision will become law this year, because Senate Majority Leader Trentt Lott is opposed to any easing of restrictions against Cuba.

NPR's Anne Sutton reports on the shortfall in salmon returns in Western Alaskan waters for the second year in a row. State Governor Tony Knowles has already started the paperwork to provide state aid; now the state is seeking federal assistance too.

Robert talks with Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. He joins us from his home in Ramallah, to talk about public opinion of the Camp David summit among Palestinians.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that kids are attending summer schools in record numbers. In St. Louis, about half of all students are enrolled in summer classes. Parents, teachers and police are pleased with the trend. And lots of kids seem to enjoy summer school, too. But the evidence is mixed on whether it improves academic performance.

The Australian navy will be able to patrol faster and farther with the submarine technology. The rare move comes as the United States looks for ways to counter China.

Linda talks to S.L. Price, senior writer at Sports Illustrated, about Cuban baseball player Andy Morales, who has repeatedly tried to defect from Cuba to the United States. Morales is currently being detained by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, after successfully crossing the Florida Strait to an island off Key West.

Commentator Jeanne Brennan says that it's more important to help students and teachers during the school year so that they don't need summer school to catch up.

NPR's Madeline Brand reports that Vice President Al Gore took his presidential campaign into the heart of Texas, visiting San Antonio, and criticizing Governor George W. Bush's tax breaks for oil companies.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on the severe drought in the southern part of Afghanistan. Farmers in the region of Kandahar have lost crops and livestock. The World Food Program is trying to get food relief into the area, where hunger is widespread.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that the marriage tax penalty reduction bill was passed in Congress. President Clinton is expected to veto it because of changes which add up to $50-Billion dollars over ten years. The bill is part of a Republican strategy to parcel out tax reduction votes one at a time over the presidential campaign season.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan gave his bi-annual state of the U.S. economy speech on Capitol Hill yesterday. Greenspan was upbeat and said the economy seems to be slowing to a more healthy pace.