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NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Raleigh, North Carolina on how the $145 billion tobacco settlement will likely shake out. Cigarette companies will embark on a lengthy series of appeals, and the huge judgement could be reduced, in light of a Florida law that prohibits judgements large enough to bankrupt defendants.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that, when it comes to taking action, state governments, rather than the federal government, are being much more decisive. Shorr says that Washington seems almost paralyzed, at this point, by special interests and lobbying money.

Hard-line Israeli conservatives rallied in Tel Aviv today in the largest demonstration in Israeli history. They want to oppose any concessions by Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the Camp David Peace Talks. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports, that's the opposition is not necessarily the majority sentiment in Israel.

NPR's Joshua Levs reports from member station WABE in Atlanta on To Conserve a Legacy a new traveling exhibition of African-American artwork. For years, black colleges and universities collected many paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs from students, teachers, or independent artists. Together, two hundred of these works chronicle the expression of blacks during different times in the nation's history. The exhibit is currently in Atlanta, and is scheduled to go to Durham, North Carolina, Nashville, and Norfolk, Virginia.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Ted Clark about the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland. President Clinton characterized the current talks as the most difficult negotiations he's ever encountered. The President has devoted several days to the discussions. On Wednesday, he's scheduled to fly to Tokyo, where he'll take part in the G-8 Summit.

Tomorrow, a 19-year old princess from Bahrain will ask a U.S. immigration judge if she can remain in the country with the U.S. Marine who smuggled her out of the kingdom last year. Host Jacki Lyden talks with Dwight Davis of the San Diego Union Tribune about the case that could cause a riff between the U.S. and the royal family of Bahrain.

NPR's Alex Chadwick remembers a talented producer of documentary programs. Josh Darsa died last Fridayat age 67. He was responsible from one of NPR's earliest hallmark documentaries "Cowboy."

NPR's Sharon Ball reports on the numerous political candidates who made appearances at the NAACP convention last week ... in some form, all adopted a style of speaking inspired by preachers ... some had more success than others.

Writer Jeff Goodell grew up in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, in a sleepy town named Sunnyvale. Suddenly, the computer revolution took off, changing Sunnyvale from a community of orchards and tract homes, to one of start-ups and millionaires. At the same time the computer industry was skyrocketing, Jeff Goodell's parents got divorced, his father's landscaping business started to fail, and his brother developed a decades long substance abuse problem. Host Jacki Lyden speaks to Goodell about his book, Sunnyvale, which tells how the rise of Silicon Valley, and the fall of his family are intertwined. (Sunnyvale: the Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family; Random House, 2000)

The Rolling Stones hit the top of the charts 35 years ago this weekend with the song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." We hear an excerpt of the song.

Jacki talks with Rashid Khalidi, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago about the Palestinian perspective on the peace talks. Khalidi says that even if negotiators can come up with solutions to difficult problems like the sovereignty of Jerusalem, it will be difficult to sell the ideas to either Palestinian or Israeli publics.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the race for the Senate in New York State. Both Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, and GOP Congressman Rick Lazio are taking to the streets, and to the airwaves, to try to drum up votes.