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Daniel talks wtih Dr. John Wennberg of Dartmouth Medical School about a recent study which found that medical care varies dramatically depending on what part of the country your in. The lesson, Wennberg says, is that America doesn't have a health care "system" and that many of the medical decisions made are due to supply and not demand.

Commentator John Rosenthal is a photographer and at a wedding he was working at he befriended a little girl in a white dress and patent leather shoes who wanted to pose for a picture. She also wants to know why he is taking so many pictures if he doesn't know anyone at the wedding.

Linda talks to Dr. William Bright, president and founder of the Campus Crusade for Christ and this year's winner of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Begun in 1972 by investor Sir John Templeton, the prize is awarded each year to a living person who has shown "extraordinary originality in advancing humankind's understanding of God and/or spirituality."

Mary Ellen Mark is a celebrated photographer. Her most recent work is an askew shot of controversial Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker and Minnie Mouse in last week's New Yorker. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is currently featuring Mark's work in a major exhibit. Peter Clowney has a profile.

A British court ruled today that a pair of conjoined twins must be separated. Separating them will kill one of the twins. They only have one heart. The parents of the twins are devout Roman Catholics and oppose separating them, they may appeal to the House of Lords or the European Court of Human Rights. We hear a report from the BBC's John Duce.

NPR's John Ydstie reports the U.S. joined the central banks of Europe, Japan, England and Canada in a coordinated effort to stop the slide of the Euro. The intervention in the foreign exchange markets seemed to work, at least for now. The Euro climbed as high as 90 cents, but then fell back a bit later in the day.

The debate over whether the Anasazi ancestors of today's Pueblo people were cannibals has gone on for forty years. John Nielsen reports that new evidence from a long hidden Anasazi Site called Cowboy Wash near Sleeping Ute Mountain in Colorado has added new spice to the debate. The research is published in this week's edition of the science journal Nature.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the rampant speculation over who will be George W. Bush's running mate. The latest buzz is that Arizona Senator John McCain, Bush's erstwhile rival who has long proclaimed no interest in being vice president, seems to have opened the door a crack.

Oil is flowing again through the Trans-Alaska pipeline after engineers worked round the clock to make critical repairs following last weekend's earthquake. NPR's John Nielsen reports on the massive inspection and repair effort that showed the pipeline survived the shocks without major damage.

John Dillon reports Vermonters are worried the results of last week's election might be felt in the Green Mountain State. Vermont enjoyed significant power while Democrats controlled the United States Senate. Now the GOP's on top, and Sens. Jim Jeffords and Patrick Leahy may be out in the cold.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on the day's negotiations on Capitol Hill over reopening the federal government. The White House today responded to an offer presented by Republicans last night..with its own counter offer. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers nationwide have been furloughed since Monday.

This past week, CIA chief John Deutch spoke about his desire for the CIA to increase its covert operations. Daniel talks to former CIA chief Robert Gates and Scott Armstorng of the group Information Trust about the wisdom and procedure of increasing the secret activities overseas of the U.S.

NPR'S John Greenberg reports that the House of Representatives today passed a resolution that would reopen Social Security and Veterans benefits offices across the country. Forty percent of the government's offices have been closed since Monday due to an impasse between Congress and the White House over how to balance the federal budget.

NPR's John McChesney reports that many computers used by government and industry may stop working in the year 2000. The problem has to do with the fact that many of these computers record dates using only the last two digits of the year..and that if you enter zero zero for 2000...many of these machines will get confused.

Linda talks with Dr. Harmon Eyre, the chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, and Dr. Robert Lawrence, a professor of Health Policy and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, about the controversy surrounding the recommendation of mammograms for women over 40 years of age.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the execution by firing squad of John Albert Taylor in Utah, scheduled for just after midnight tonight. Utah is the only state that gives condemned prisoners the choice of a gunshot death. The execution is drawing attention to a lingering belief in Utah, called blood atonement.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London on a new twist in the negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland. British Prime Minister John Major now says he'll call for elections for a new Northern Ireland elected body unless paramilitaries start surrendering their weapons.

Robert talks with NPR's Tovia Smith about opening statements today in the trial of John Salvi, accused of murdering two woman at a suburban Boston abortion clinic. His defense lawyers don't dispute murder charge, but they argue Salvi is schizophrenic and should be placed in a mental institution, not prison.

Daniel talks about Pope John Paul the Second's trip to Central America with the BBC's David Willey. Willey traveled with the Pope when the Pontiff last visited Latin American in 1983, and he says the Roman Catholic Church in the region has become much more conservative over the years, eschewing reform and supporting incumbant governments.

NPR's John Ydstie reports the unemployment rate declined by two-tenths of a percent in April to its lowest rate in more than a year. The key labor market rate now stands at 5.4 percent. Analysts judged the monthly employment report weak though, because business payrolls expanded only slightly