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Everything seems to have gone digital, even trading stamps at the World Cup. What was once a children's hobby of collecting, trading and pasting actual stamps in a book can now be done electronically in a computer -- at a site sponsored by Coca-Cola and Pannini.

Traffic to the town of Tyre is cut off after an Israeli air strike destroyed the bridge spanning the Litani River. But the aid group creates a human chain to deliver 4 1/2 tons of medical supplies to those in need.

The international AIDS conference in Toronto is looking at the public's continuing fear of being tested -- one of the main barriers to treatment around the world and in the United States. In Houston, for example, African Americans live in denial of HIV, even though many of them may have the disease without knowing it.

The British government says the country's terror-threat level is taking a step down from "critical" to "severe." The slight improvement comes days after more than 20 people were arrested for an alleged terror plot against airlines. London continues to suffer flight cancellations related to the increased security.

Lynn Neary talks to Simon Hand, editor of the Phuket Post, about the effect of Thailand's military coup on the tourist-oriented Thai island of Phuket.

Officials with Facebook.com, the online social-networking site, are entertaining a billion-dollar purchase offer from Yahoo.com, according to a report in Thursday's Wall Street Journal.

The Transportation Security Administration modifies some of its air-travel safety rules regarding liquids and other carry-on items over the weekend.

The first photographs of Fidel Castro since news of his illness appeared over the weekend. Sunday was Castro's 80th birthday, and he cautioned Cubans in a letter that he faced a long recovery from surgery and advised them to prepare for "adverse news."

After months of lobbying, cajoling and hoping, a small Indiana town has the prize it longed for: a promise from Honda to build its newest auto plant there. Greensburg, Ind., beat out at least seven other Midwestern towns for the facility. Today, Honda made its announcement.

Bedrails are simple, metal devices that are supposed to keep frail people in bed and offer support. But if they're not assembled correctly, they can cause death by entrapment. The FDA has issued guidelines for the devices, and experts advise families to be on the lookout.

An Independence Day tradition continues. Morning Edition hosts, reporters, newscasters and commentators read the Declaration of Independence.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war-crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees. The vote was split 5-3, with moderate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joining the court's liberal members in ruling against the Bush administration.

Three National Guardsmen chronicle their one-year deployment in Iraq in the new documentary The War Tapes. Sgt. Zach Bazzi, one of the featured soldiers, and producer and editor Steve James discuss the making of the film.

In parts of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, Islamist fundamentalists are enforcing strict practices. Pamphlets are circulating on university campuses warning girls to cover up; the owners of liquor stores and music shops have been told to shut down. Iraqis worry their social freedoms are disappearing.

In Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych has returned to power as prime minister. The opposition leader was closely identified with the former Communist regime that was ousted two years ago. Yanukovych will share power with President Viktor Yushchenko, who led Ukraine's Orange Revolution.

The oil giant shut down a crucial field in Alaska Monday. But that's not its only problem. BP is defending itself against charges that it manipulated propane prices. Last year, one of its Texas refineries blew up, killing 15 and injuring almost 200. And other plants have been plagued by safety issues.

Richard Armitage says he never said the United States would bomb Pakistan if the country didn't help in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida, as Pakistan President Musharraf told CBS' 60 Minutes.

Six young men were nearly killed by a drug experiment in England earlier this year, and that incident forced British authorities to look at the safety of drug testing.

Conspiracy theories surrounding the events of Sept. 11 are popping up on the Internet. The documentary Loose Change is an Internet sensation that explores many of these theories. Renee Montagne talks to Dylan Avery, director and narrator of Loose Change. She also talks to historian Timothy Naftali to understand what's behind the fascination with conspiracy theories.

For the second consecutive day, thunderheads have forced NASA to delay the launch of the space shuttle Discovery. NASA will try the launch again on the Fourth of July, when weather is expected to improve.

Troops of baboons are ransacking homes and frightening residents in small towns along the South African coast. Some humans are fighting back by killing the animals. Conservationists say the baboons cannot survive a war with humans, but many locals say they're fed up.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers came under fire for the failure of the New Orleans levee system. But engineering concerns aside, critics say federally funded flood-control projects are to blame for luring new development into flood-prone areas.

Statistics show that black children are more than twice as likely to drown than their white peers. But at the John Argue Swim Stadium in Los Angeles -- built for the 1984 Summer Olympics -- an effort is under way to teach all children how to swim.

The Nature Conservancy, long known for its habit of buying environmentally sensitive lands and putting them off limits to development, has thrown itself into the ocean. The Conservancy is buying fishing permits owned by California fishermen; it then either retires the permits or leases them out.

Today's presidential vote in Mexico comes down to two men and their vision of what Mexico should be. On the right is Felipe Calderon. On the left is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Their bitter campaigns have revealed a deepening divide in the country.