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NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on a new study in this week's Journal of American Medicine on treating alcoholics. They study showed that giving patients a drug used to treat the side-effects of chemo-therapy may help them stay sober.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports on a deeper meaning behind Guernica, the Basque town that was nearly destroyed during the Spanish civil war.

Commentator Austin Bay says he's skeptical of a new plan to provide mercenary peacekeepers to the United Nations.

Host Renee Montagne talks to Dr. Enoch Gordis, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism about a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. According to the study the drug ondansetron used to treat nausea in cancer patients can help alcoholics reduce their drinking significantly.

Host Renee Montagne talks to Michael Tsao, owner of the Kahiki Tiki Bar in Columbus, Ohio about the closing of the Tiki bar, which is on the National Historic Registry.

Alex Van Oss visits the nation's oldest lending library, the 250-year-old Redwood Library and Athenaeum in Newport, Rhode Island. Still in its original neo-classical building, the Redwood is steeped in history and contains numerous antique books. Heirloom portraits and Greek sculptures adorn the hallways. Thomas Jefferson was an early visitor. Henry and William James were regular brousers, as were Edith Wharton, Emma Lazarus, and Julia Ward Howe.

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.