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NPR'S Steve Inkseep reports from Long Island on the latest developments with the recovery effort and investigation into the crash of TWA flight 800. He also reports that two of the planes engines have been located.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Dr. Jeanne-Marie Col of the United Nations about the Great Tangshan (tang-SHUN) earthquake which occured in northeast China 20 years ago this week. Col recounts how the citizens of Qinglong (Ching-long) were able to accurately predict the quake, take precautionary measures, and thereby prevent any loss of life. By contrast, in the city of Tangshan and other nearby areas where people did not take such measures, it is estimated that 240-thousand people died and over 600-thousand were injured.

Linda Wertheimer and Robert Siegel tell us the most popular street names in America.

- Joe Neel reports from Vancouver Canada where an International AIDS Conference is taking place. Experts there are hopeful of a new treatment that reduces the level of HIV infection to undetectable levels.

- Daniel talks with former Olympic sprinter and biomechanics researcher Ralph Mann about the physical attributes of a successful sprinter. Mann says that the trick to running quickly is reducing the amount of time a runner's feet spend on the ground.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that the once strong Saudi ARabian economy has begun to weaken. Economic depresson is though of as one possible reason for a rise in Islamic Militancy. The incomes of the middle class hae dropped since the Gulf war and once affluent Saudis are forced to search for for bargains in their daily life and do less internaional travel.

Storyteller Kevin Kling had a song in his heart and though he was tone deaf, that didn't stop him from being in a marching band.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that President Clinton has called for a meeting between Congress, the FBI and himself on ways to combat terrorism.

- NPR'S Jon Burnett reports that a ceasefire in Latin America's oldest civil war is holding. The catholic church has started a campaign of collecting stories from people who were victims during the war. It is hoped that the effort will bring people together and heal emotional as well as, physical wounds.

reports that the Japanese computer chip industry has managed to maintain its competitive world position despite a four-year recession by continuing to invest in research and development.

an Israeli military pullout from Hebron, and a relaxing of the border closures that have kept Palestinians from their jobs in Israel for months.

Noah visits the training camp for the U.S. women's eight Olympic rowing team. The team has been together for three years and is favored to win a gold medal in Atlanta. They talk about their grueling training schedule and the excitement of participating in the Olympics.

- Daniel talks with Oke Blonquist (oh-kay BLAHN-quist) who organized the 12th annual Finnish Tango Festival. More than 100-thousand people participated. The two discuss why Finns are so enamoured with the Tango.

today despite being well behind in the polls. Locking up California's 54 electoral votes requires considerable resources and money that could be better spent elsewhere. But Dole can't afford to give up just yet on a state that is rich in potential campaign donors, and will be the site of next month's GOP convention.

is run in a very autocratic way by the royal family which doesn't brook any dissent...

with the IRS over designating some workers as independent contractors instead of employees...

about the U.S. women's team's performance and the effect of spreading the tournament across the country rather than in Atlanta.

-- proud to have achieved its freedom after a long battle with Ethiopia. Western nations, impressed with the people and lack of government corruption, are rushing to offer aid. But Eritrea is very picky about the aid it will accept... (8:18

NPR's Adam Hockberg reports that thousands packed the ceremonies for the re-opening of Olympic Park in the heart of Atlanta today in a determined show of defiance to terrorist threats. The park, in the heart of the city was shut down after a pipe bomb explosion killed one woman and injured more than a hundred others.

Commentator Joe Laconte [lah-KAHN-tee] says The Founders of the United States made a bold gamble: there would be no national church, but there would be "a nation under God."

Wade Goodwyn reports from Atlanta on concerns among black voters and how they may affect voter turnout this fall. Recent Supreme Court decisions, church burnings, and Congressional efforts to cut social programs give black Americans the sense that they are under attack. Some black leaders say the effect will be to motivate more black people to vote in November. Others say just the opposite will happen.

Robert talks with tennis commentator Bud Collins about the upcoming action this weekend in the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon. Most of the world's top-seeded players have been eliminated from the tournament, so this weekend's finals will focus on some of the less-familiar players on the world tennis tour.

about the latest news on the E-coli outbreak in Japan.

commander of U.S. ground troops in Bosnia. General Nash says he expects to have his peacekeepers out of Bosnia by the end of the year, in keeping with the President's pledge to Congress. Also now that things are a little quieter in the war-torn region, the forces are making tactical adjustments.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that there has been no serious bloodshed since yesterday's coup in Burundi. The coup has been roundly condemned by the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity and the United States. But so far, no concrete steps have been taken against the country's new leaders.