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NPR's Patty Neighmond reports on the trend by the nation's largest corporations and the government to contract directly with physicians -- leaving the insurance companies out. It's a move to stem double-digit inflation in health care costs.

There were violent scenes in the South African town of Sasolburg today, when a white businessman was arraigned in court on murder charges. He is accused of dragging one of his black employees to death behind a pickup truck. The incident has caused outrage among South Africans, and led to accusations that not enough is being done to halt racist violence, six years after the end of apartheid. Jim Fish of the BBC has a report.

Banning Eyre reviews the CD Bambay Gueej by Chiekh Lo. Lo is from Senegal, and marries the West African traditional music with Cuban and other Latin sounds. He is just beginning to reach an international audience, with this, his 2nd international release. The CD is Bambay Gueej by Chiekh Lo. It's on Nonesuch Records, catalog number PRCD 300008.

President Clinton is among 150 heads of state gathered in New York City for the UN Millennium Summit. It's the largest gathering of world leaders in history. NPR's Ann Garrels reports.

NPR's Margo Adler reports concerns about traffic and security are tremendous, as the UN Millennium Summit gets under way in New York City.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that the increasing popularity of olive oil in Israeli cooking is creating a thriving olive oil industry. More Israelis are switching from soybean oil, as they acquire a taste for olive oil.

Fred "Mister" Rogers is the host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood the longest running show on PBS. It first went on the air in 1968. (REBROADCAST from

Joel Obermeyer reports on for-profit technology schools that are bringing lower income individuals into today's booming economy.

Congressional lawmakers return to Capitol Hill faced with a long list of issues as Election Day draws near. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

An Italian musical group performs songs about exploited workers and issues focusing on the working classes. The band is Spaccanapoli and their CD is called Lost Souls. (7:10) Lost Souls is on the Emd/Real World label. ASIN: B0000

Linda talks with E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and David Brooks of the Weekly Standard about the presidential campaigns of Al Gore and George W. Bush. Political wisdom holds that the candidate who leads on Labor Day wins the race -- but this year the race is too close to call.