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NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Perez and Palestinian cabinet minister Nabil Shaath met privately today in Athens, Greece. Violence has steadily escalated in the West Bank and Gaza in recent weeks.

Commentator Laura Novak learns much from volunteering at the infant Intensive Care Unit of her local hospital, where her own son was born with serious birth defects.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the upcoming mayoral race in Los Angeles. There are a number of candidates vying for the position, but with the primary less than a week away, it seems there are only three major contenders.

NPR's Alex Chadwick spoke with Robert Dwan, who helped create one of the most popular radio and television programs of all time, You Bet Your Life starring Groucho Marx. Dwan has written a new book about the 14 years the show was on the air, and provides some out-takes that weren't originally broadcast because of the prevailing censorship at the time. (8:32-9:32) {Stations: The book is: As Long as They're Laughing: Groucho Marx and You Bet Your Life, by Robert Dwan, published by Midnight Marquee Press, Baltimore, www.midmar.com}

NPR's Rob Gifford reports on the rising tensions between the U.S. and China. President Bush warned last night that if China doesn't allow the U.S. Navy personnel to return home promptly, it could be detrimental to relations between the two nations.

At a Naval Weapons Depot near San Diego, the dismantling of a huge stockpile of leaking napalm canisters will finally be completed today. From member station KPBS in San Diego, Erik Andersen reports.

Japan heads to the polls soon, and the ruling party is counting on low turnout from apathetic young voters and independents in order to hang onto its parliamentary majority.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews 2 new albums: –Just Push Play— by Aerosmith and –Crown Royal— by Run DMC.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara has the latest on the intensive efforts to secure the release of 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane that made an emergency landing on a Chinese island on Sunday. U.S. embassy officials held their second meeting with the detained crew. The two sides have discussed "precise" ideas on a possible deal and President Bush is "pleased that events are moving forward."

Comic BOB NEWHART. He's been a part of the American comedy landscape since 1961 when his debut comedy album "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart" became a surprise hit. Since then he's starred in three TV shows, including the Peabody award winning original "The Bob Newhart Show." And appeared in numerous films. There's a new Rhino anthology of his classic routines, "Something Like This. . .The Bob Newhart Anthology." Recently NEWHART was honored at the Aspen Comedy Festival. This Fall NEWHART is scheduled to co-star in a pilot for a new TV show. There's also a live concert performance by NEWHART on video, featuring him doing some new and classic routines, "Bob Newhart: Button Down concert: Off the Record" (Newhart Enterprises/Parvenu Productions). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (REBROADCAST from 6