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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Chesterfield, Missouri on George W. Bush's campaign through the Midwest. The Texas Governor intended to focus on education with stops at two elementary schools, but he was questioned by reporters on the luke-warm reception voters have given his tax cut plan.

Carolyn Johnsen, of Nebraska Public Radio reports from Omaha that residents of Boys Town vote today and tomorrow on whether to change the name of the famous refuge for young people. Half of the 33,000 residents are girls. Father Flannigan started his Boys' Home in 1913, and the name was changed to Boys Town in 1926. Girls were first admitted in 1979.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports from Boston on ethics complaints against the Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor. Jane Swift may have violated the state's conflict-of-interest law by asking her staff to babysit and move her family to a new house. But some say Swift is being made a scapegoat by conservative groups, who would have applauded a male official for the same things for which she is being criticized.

According to a recent study by the National Endowment for the Arts which found that jobs in the arts have decreased slightly even with the expanding economy. Artists still earn less than other professional occupations and moonlight 40% more often than other professionals.

Frank talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon about the latest on the campaign trail. This past week, Vice President Al Gore's campaign received a boost from the Democratic National Convention; while Texas George W. Bush pressed home his intention to move the Republican Party toward a more moderate position.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports from New York state, which has some of the most stringent drug laws in the country. These laws were enacted by the late governor Nelson Rockefeller in the 1970s. A growing chorus of judges, activists and family members of those imprisoned under these laws are calling for reform. They say the penalty for murder can be less harsh than that for possession of drugs.

Commentator Al Lubrano hits a trendy New York bar with none other than Eric Weber, author of How To Pick Up Girls. The book, written in 1970, is now in its 42nd printing, and Lubrano wants to find out if some of the lines from back then still work today.

Scott Simon has an appreciation of the movie Airplane! which is celebrating its 20th year.

Mark Roberts reports on questions about the safety of the nation's pipeline system in the wake of last week's explosion in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Eleven campers were killed when a natural gas pipeline ruptured near their campsite.

Host Jacki Lyden talks to travel writer Chris Elliott about airlines' efforts to crack down on fliers who buy tickets for "hidden cities." Some travelers are finding it cheaper to buy tickets for longer flights, and then get off in a connecting city, or to pay a lower round-trip fare for a one-way flight. Airlines say that's costing them money.

On the 37th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, Nancy Marshall reports on today's "Redeem the Dream" march in Washington, D.C. Demonstrators are demanding an end to racial profiling and police brutality.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including the announcement that Richard Hatch is the winner of the $1 million prize on the CBS program Survivor; Attorney General Janet Reno, announcing that she won't appoint a special counsel to investigate Al Gore's statements about campaign fundraising; National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Jim Hall on the TWA 800 crash; President Bill Clinton in Nigeria; and Texas Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Milwaukee.