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NPR's Brenda Wilson reports from South Africa on the new challenges facing AIDS activists there, now that pharmaceutical companies have agreed to allow the sale of cheaper AIDS medications.

Lisa talks with NPR's Linda Gradstein about the latest efforts by Egyptians and Jordanians to forge a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians.

A report from Baltimore's annual Kinetic Sculpture Race, in which Lisa helped pedal a 14-and-a-half-foot pink poodle around the Inner Harbor. All vehicles in the race have to be human-powered, and they have to go on land and in water. The race provides hundreds of contestants and spectators an opportunity for ingenuity and zaniness.

Lisa talks with longtime comedian George Carlin about his brainy, acerbic style, and his latest book Napalm and Silly Putty. (Hyperion Books: ISBN: 0786864133)

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on civil unrest in Indonesia, where parliament has cleared the way for impeachment proceedings against President Wahid. His key ally in government, Megawati Sukaronputri, says she will not try to block the move, and angry Wahid supporters streamed into Jakarta to protest.

Joshua Levs of member station WABE in Atlanta reports on a class action lawsuit filed against Georgia Power, one of the largest energy providers in the east. Several African American employees say there is a history of racial discrimination at the company, including harassment and low rates of promotion for black employees.

From member station KUOW in Seattle, Jason Paur reports on the bountiful harvest of Chinook salmon in the Columbia River this spring. Native Americans took advantage of the largest Chinook run in 70 years, and thousands of sports fishers had their first opportunity to fish for Chinook since 1977. The season ended yesterday.

NPR's Danny Zwerdling goes to Guatemala to trace coffee's passage to coffee houses in this country. Coffee prices are high, but farmers in places such as Guatemala get very little of what consumers pay out. This inequity, however, may be changing soon.

The trial of former Ku Klux Klansman Thomas Blanton, Jr., continues in Birmingham, Alabama today. He's accused of participating in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist church in 1963 which killed four black girls. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with NPR's Debbie Elliott who is covering the trial, where the prosecution has wrapped up.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Thanh Phong, Vietnam. The village is the focus of the controversy about former Sen. Bob Kerrey's war record.