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NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the continuing investigation into the driver's license scam in Illinois, where examiners were bribed to approve licenses. Over 70 drivers have been re-tested...only 24 passed. State officials say over a thousand drivers, many of them immigrants, face re-testing.

Following in the footsteps of entertainment giant AOL-Time-Warner and mega-airline United-USAir, Big Oil is entering the realm of big mergers. Chevron should announce plans today to acquire Texaco in a 35 billion-dollar deal. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reveiews Warning, the new CD from Green Day.

Wildlife biologist Mike Fay is walking from the center of Africa to the Atlantic for a project he calls Megatransect. Since there are no roads or footpaths in this wilderness, Fay follows animal trails, and records his adventures along the way for the National Geographic Radio Expeditions. NPR's Alex Chadwick has the first of three reports. More info at: www.npr.org/programs/RE/.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports on a part of the tax law that allows some companies to avoid paying taxes by writing off their employee's stock options. Cisco Systems paid no federal income taxes for its latest fiscal year because of this break, and Microsoft and America OnLine use stock options to lower their taxes. Some tax experts are saying the law which allows this practice needs to be revamped.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR political correspondent Cokie Roberts about the impact the growing conflict in the Middle East may have on the upcoming presidential elections.

Scott explores the role of the Alien Property Custodian with John Bendix, researcher for the Presidential Advisory on Holocaust Assets, and David Whitman, of U.S. News and World Report. This office of the U.S. Government retained the profits earned on works created by residents of the Axis power nations during --and after-- World War Two, in order to keep those funds out of the hands of the Nazis.

Noah talks to sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about this year's World Series -- the so-called "subway series" between the New York Yankees and New York Mets. They discuss whether this contest between the two Big Apple ballclubs will hold the attention of a nationwide television audience, and if baseball in general is attracting viewers. They also consider the teams themselves; their pitchers and their payrolls.

Details about the bombing of the USS Cole in Aden port in Yemen are emerging. Some of these details contradict the Navy's version. Scott speaks with New York Times reporter John Burns.

Simon/Gwen Verdon -- Scott remembers dancer, singer and actress Gwen Verdon.