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Daniel Schorr talks to Stephen Stephen Ansolabehere, Professor of Political Science at MIT and Thomas Patterson, Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government about what to expect in the presidential campaign.

Mark Moran of member station KJZZ in Phoenix reports the latest information on Senator John McCain's health. The senator has had a recurrence of skin cancer and has been meeting with his doctors.

Melinda speaks with Stan Werbin of Elderly Instruments about Pete Seeger's handmade long-necked banjo, which went missing in New York's Hudson River Valley last week. (4:30) (Call Clearwater, (845) 454-7673 with information.)

Latest on the Kursk, the Russian submarine stranded at the bottom of the Berents Sea. Natalya Yefemova

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Bogota on a new US aid plan to Colombia. U-S officials say the plan is designed to stem the drug trade but skeptics claim it's just a cover for American imperialism.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports that demonstrators clashed violently with police in Philadelphia on the second day of the Republican National Convention. Protesters slashed tires on police vehicles, dumped orange paint on some and spray-painted obscenities on others. At least 300 people were arrested.

Quinn Klinefelter of member station WDET reports that the big three American automakers, Ford, GM and Daimler-Chrysler sold fewer cars in July of this year than July of last year. In contrast, foreign automakers like Honda, BMW and Volkswagen posted gains of at least 10-percent in their US sales.

Host Alex Chadwick talks to Burdett Loomis, professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas about yesterday's vote of the state school board. Candidates for the Kansas Board of Education who support new science standards that de-emphasize evolution trailed or lost in three GOP primaries races.

Host Alex Chadwick talks to reporter Satish Jacob about the violence in Kashmir. At least 84 people in Kashmir have died in a string of attacks blamed on suspected Islamic guerrillas opposed to a cease-fire in the disputed territory. The attacks came as the Indian government prepares to talk to the main guerrilla group in Kashmir, where more than 25-thousand people have died over the course of an eleven-year Islamic insurgency.

Even though scientists acknowledge the limits of the study, that won't necessarily limit the political fallout - coming, as it does, on the eve of the presidential election. While the study's authors - both advocates of gun control - say their work supports "greater" regulation, gun control opponents say the study is proof that gun control doesn't work. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.