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Commentator Sydell Rabin talks about how her 50th high school reunion.

Vice President Al Gore took a tour of a neighborhood pharmacy today in Tallahassee Florida, then met with about 150 senior citizens to talk about prescription drug costs. Gore told the seniors they ought to demand details from his presidential rival, Texas Gov. George W.Bush, who says he wants to help make prescription drugs affordable for all seniors. We hear excerpts from the campaign today.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez has this week's final Changing Face of America story on how technology is changing education. For six months out of every year, children of migrant workers travel the country with their families harvesting crops. This lifestyle makes it difficult for most of them to stay in school, but a handful of migrant kids have been given laptops to keep up with their classes...even when they're working thousands of miles away from home.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Darrin Zeer, author of Office Yoga: Simple Stretches for Busy People. Zeer says there's time to relax throughout the workday...while your computer is booting up, between meetings, and even in the elevator. (3:32) Office Yoga: Simple Stretches for Busy People is published by Chronicle Books ISBN: 08118

Witnesses to a Syrian intelligence officer's alleged war crimes face down intimidation as they testify in landmark trial in Germany — but they continue to tell the story.

Commentator Bill Harley reflects on the fact that Pete Seeger once accidentally left his banjo on top of a car. It was lost but later returned. Harley himself has left a guitar in many places, and sympathizes with Pete.

Fred De Cordova, is the former executive producer of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In 1988 he wrote his autobiography, Johnny Came Lately, a behind-the-scenes tell-all about the workings of one of television's longest-running and highest rated shows. De Cordova credits include directing Ronald Reagan in Bedtime for Bonzo, directing The Jack Benny Show, The Burns and Allen Show, and My Three Sons. (REBROADCAST from 3

Renee Montagne talks with the BBC's John McLean about reports that Muslim separatists in the Philippines have kidnapped an American man.

Charles Ray of South Dakota Public Radio reports South Dakota is the latest state to be hit with wide scale forest fires. Some of the outbreaks are under investigation as possible arson attacks.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of East Timor's vote for independence. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

There are almost twice as many black women going to college as black men, and this is having both a social and economic impact on the black community. NPR's Byron Henderson reports on how a lack of higher education keeps black men from getting better paying jobs, and how that stress is affecting their relationships with black women.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports on strikes at two military contractors: Raytheon in Massachusetts...which makes most of the patriot missiles...and Maine's Bath Iron Works, which builds Navy destroyers. Workers want better job security, a concern that is industry wide.