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Host Howard Berkes talks to NPR's Anthony Brooks about Democratic candidate Vice President Al Gore decision on his running mate. Sources say it will be Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman. Gore hopes to try to break free from President Clinton's shadow in order to narrow the gap between Gore and Republican nominee George W. Bush.

Russia produced some of the world's great theoretical physicists, and some have made their home in Minnesota. 'Moscow on the Mississippi', they call it. NPR's David Kestenbaum looks at why physics bloomed in the Soviet Union -- and how things have changed for the scientists who came west.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the continuing protests in Philadelphia this week during the Republican National Convention. On the first day of the convention, thousands of protesters wound their way along city streets to the convention site. Few arrests were made and city police say they would accommodate the protesters as long as they remained non-violent. (5:05

NPR's Richard Knox reports that snakebite antidote supplies are running very low this summer. In many areas, doctors have run out of the crucial medicine before patients have completed treatment. So far, no deaths are blamed on the shortage, but antivenom experts say it's only a matter of time. The shortfall arose when the manufacturer of the main antidote cut back production.

In his summer series, Play-by-Play, NPR's Neal Conan profiles Perry Barber, one of the few women who work as umpires in professional baseball. Barber works in the Atlantic League.

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Host Howard Berkes talks to NPR's Julie McCarthy about today's court hearing in Warsaw on whether Lech Walesa (LEKH wah-WEN-suh), former President of Poland worked for communist-era secret police.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on an upward trend in reported hate crimes in the former East Germany. Hate crimes have become so common that German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is touring the region to address the attacks.

NPR's Rick Karr reports on the arguments anticipated today in the first round of the Napster legal dispute. Napster, an online service letting users exchange music files, argues that it's being unfairly targeted for something that isn't illegal. The Recording Industry of America says Napster must be shut down immediately to protect its copyright interests.

NPR's John Ydstie visits a town in Ohio that suffered the loss of a big employer two years ago. Huffy Bicycles shut down operations and hundreds lost their jobs. Many suffered and are resentful, but surprisingly, some people are doing better and seeking new careers or enjoying a new lifestyle. A measure of how personal change results from economic change -- as the bicycle maker now imports bike parts from China. (12:30) Next, NPR's Rob Gifford goes to the town in China where Huffy Bicycles are now made. The U.S. National Labor Committee accuses this plant of horrific working conditions, but Gifford finds happy workers. Although the wages paid here vastly undercut those that were paid to Huffy workers in Celina, Ohio, the salaries are above average for China.