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Robert Siegel speaks with Bud Collins, sportswriter for the Boston Globe about the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, where the women's final is set. In the semi-finals, number five seed Venus Williams defeated her sister Serena, seeded 8th. This is the first time in over 100 years of Wimbledon that two sisters faced one another, the second time ever. Having defeated number-one seed Martina Hingis to get to this match, Venus may have been better prepared for the finals match than her sister, who advanced against minimal competition. Number-two seed Lindsay Davenport will play against Venus, having defeated unseeded Jelena Dokic.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on the vandalism of a reform Jewish center by apparent Orthodox Jews. The attack was the second in as many weeks on a non-Orthodox religious building in Israel.

A plan by Seattle scientists to use caffeine to trace human waste pollution has been abandoned because of the large amount of coffee being dumped into the sewage by motorists and espresso-cart operators. NPR's Noah Adams talks to Jonathan Frodge, Limnologist with King County Lake Assessment Program.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about the alarming spread of AIDS in parts of Asia and Africa. Dr. Fauci will be part of the American delegation to the 13th annual International AIDS Conference, which begins this weekend in Durban, South Africa. Dr. Fauci expresses particular concern about the increasing incidence of HIV infection on the subcontinent of India.

Toni Hasson reports from Tokyo on the first International Tribunal for crimes committed against women during the Second World War. Specifically, it will look into the allegations of so called Comfort Women-- women who were forced to have sex with members of the Japanese military during the war.

The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers' union, today gave its presidential endorsement to Democratic Vice President Al Gore, who was on hand at the union's convention to accept. The nod was no surprise, as the NEA usually backs Democrats. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on Presidential candidate George W. Bush's appearance before La Raza. Bush told the Latino advocacy organization if he is elected president, he will reform the Immigration and Naturalization Service and set a standard for processing citiznship applications.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports on the new reality behind dot com companies. In the Internet's early days, being the first company to offer a service was thought to guarantee success. Now, competition means the best company will win. A large number of dot coms are expected to fold because investors have become more cautious over which company gets their investment.

Speaking to the National Council of La Raza in San Diego, California, Wednesday, Texas Governor George W. Bush vowed to streamline the nation's immigration progress if elected president. He said he would spend more money to create "a new standard of service" in the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Josh Levs reports from Nuremberg, Germany, that the city notorious for Nazi party rallies and war crimes trials is trying to re-make its image, hoping to attract tourists and foreign investors. City officials have taken great pains to educate the public about the horrors of the Nazi past. They are trying to paint a new picture of their city as a liberal, forward looking community.

Commentator John Ridley has an open pitch for a television show for the people who run the networks.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports the American Civil Liberties Union has released a report criticizing the way the Seattle police handled the World Trade Organization protests last fall. The report is being carefully studied by organizers of the Democratic and Republican conventions in anticipation of demonstrations at their events.