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Melinda speaks with Cathy Crimmins about life with her husband, Alan Forman, following his traumatic brain injury. She writes about his recovery, and about how this trauma changed their relationship in her new book, Where is the Mango Princess?

The state of Missouri is a battleground for presidential votes. With frequent visits from George W. Bush and Al Gore the candidates are trying to win over St. Louis voters. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

Host Mike Shuster talks to William Baer, former head of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition about yesterday's decision by the U.S Supreme Court not to hear the Microsoft's appeal in its anti-trust case.

Host Mike Shuster talks with Dan Gillmor, technology columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, about the increase in 'peer-to-peer computing', where individual computers work together to help process information. Although the technology has been used to run the world-wide-web since its inception, peer computing has not found widespread commercial use. But with the successful use of the technique by high profile Internet companies such as Napster, interest in peer-to-peer computing is growing.

Host Mike Shuster talks to Bruce Link, co-author of a mental health study that is expected to be released today. According to a study, Americans increasingly associate mental illness with the potential for violence despite evidence the mentally ill are not violence-prone.

Todd Gleason reports on the farming industry's biggest tech fair, The Farm Progress Show, which takes place this week in Cantrall; Illinois.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on concerns over the sale of Media-Most, Russia's largest private media group. The head of Media-Most says he was under duress last July when he agreed to sell his company in exchange for the government dropping fraud charges against him. Some say the charges were part of a Kremlin campaign to muzzle the media group's outlets, which have been critical of Putin.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that the nation's blood supply may be stretched dangerously thin in years ahead. As the baby boomers continue to age, some experts are projecting more blood will be needed to keep them healthy, and the number of donors will continue to drop.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports the latest developments on Sunday's Presidential elections in Yugoslavia. Yesterday, the Yugoslav Federal Electoral Commission announced that opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica failed to win the 50 percent needed for an outright victory. Kostunica won 48 percent of the vote and President Slobodan Milosevic won 40 percent.

Commentator Frank Deford returns from Sydney to offer some insight on Australian Olympic spirit. He seems to think American sports fans can take a lesson from the land down under.

Mike Shuster talks with James Hersov, who's just produced The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story. The film is said to be the first production made in collaboration with the San, the first people of Africa. Hersov says the San still practice much of their indigenous culture, but elements of modern society are creeping into their lives. He says The Great Dance is an attempt to show how the San view their world.

A note on the life of Lee Erwin, a silent film organist who composed music for Charlie Chaplin, and classic films like "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Erwin died last week at the age of 92.