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Robert talks to Mirko Lauer a columnist for La Republica, the main opposition newspaper in Peru, about Peru's deposed intelligence chief, who was detained today by the military there. Vladimiro Montesinos has been at the center of a bribery scandal. He was suspended from his position over the weekend when President Fujimori "deactivated" the country's spy agency.

United States intelligence agencies have obtained a 1000 page terrorist training manual on CD-ROM. The manual was intended for terrorist recruits and is believed to originate with Osama Bin Laden. There are sections on how to assemble bombs, how to manufacture explosives and the most effective way to kill a non-Muslim. Noah talks with Jack Kelley, a foreign correspondent for USA Today about the case.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports that hurricane Gordon was downgraded to a Tropical Storm before making landfall. Gordon plowed ashore on Florida's Gulf Coast last night drenching rain and a storm surge with waves over six feet high.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago that civil rights activists vow to keep using fake job applicants to ferret out discrimination in hiring. They're promising to persist despite losing a federal court case concerning the undercover tactic.

NPR's Renee Montagne reports on some of the issues being discussed at the National Conference on children's mental health. Montagne talks with one parent and a physician about coping with Attention Deficit Disorder.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on tomorrow's Senate primary in Washington State, which will decide on a Democratic opponent for veteran GOP incumbent Slade Gorton. Gorton is considered vulnerable in his re-election bid this fall. He is likely to face Maria Cantwell, a former one-term Democratic House member who is now a high-tech multi-millionaire. The results of the state's unusual open primary system, in which all candidates run on the same ballot, might be a harbinger for Gorton's chances in November.

Republicans in the US Senate currently hold an eight vote advantage over the Democrats. But a third of the Senate seats are being contested in elections this year. Robert talks to Bob Benenson, Managing Editor for Politics at Congressional Quarterly, about the party balance in the Senate, and what might change this fall.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that the Clinton Administration today cautiously welcomed Alberto Fujimori's decision to step down as president of Peru and hold new elections. White House spokesman Joe Lockhart called Fujimori's announcement "a step in the direction of full democratization" in Peru. But U.S. officials cautioned that they need more information on the position of the Peruvian military, whose support will be key for the country to move further toward Democratic reform.

NPR's Rob Gifford in Beijing reports one of the leaders of China's Roman Catholic Church has been arrested. The detention of 81-year-old Bishop Zeng Jingmu, who has already spent more than three decades in prison, happened as a senior Vatican official is on a visit to the Chinese capital.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the practice of prescribed burning as a means of preventing catastrophic wildfires. It's been controversial, but is gaining acceptance, especially after this summer's record wildfire season.

Participants of a strange competition called the Eco-Challenge were exposed to leptospirosis, a rare bacterial illness. Scott speaks with Trisha Middleton is with Eco-Challenge Productions, which organized the event in Borneo.

Scott speaks with the "Doyenne of Dirt," Ketzel Levine, about her new book: Plant This, published by Sasquatch Books.