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Host Bob Edwards talks to actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee about their partnership, on and off screen. During 52 years of marriage, they've distinguished themselves as performers and civil rights advocates. Sunday night they'll receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

NPR's Brenda Wilson reports that pharmaceutical company Merck has announced plans to distribute AIDS drugs in Africa at deep discounts. This is part on NPR's series on AIDS drugs and the Third World.

NPR's Madeleine Brand files this follow-up report on Michael -- a child in foster care whose dire situation she described one year ago this week.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports that women's rights activists are trying to introduce a law against domestic violence. The country has no such law, although women are routinely injured, or even murdered, in their homes.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that Calfornia's power shortage will likely worsen when summer heat has residents turning on air conditioning. The state's govenor is relying on energy conservation to keep consumption in line with demand.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on serious problems with the National Guard units that are trained to deal with domestic terrorism. The Defense Department inspector general says the units are not adequately organized, equipped or trained.

Three Yugoslavian soldiers were killed by a landmine in southern Serbia, as tensions continue between Serbian forces and Ethnic Albanian guerrillas. Yugoslav soliders are in place in an attempt to halt the violence between the two sides. Linda Wertheimer talks about the situation with BBC reporter Paul Wood.

Trish Anderton of New Hampshire Public Radio reports that as more disabled Americans enter the workforce some are experiencing harassment by their co-workers. In New Hampshire, a retarded man is alleged to have been abused by co-workers at an Olive Garden restaurant. He has filed a law suit against the restaurant chain.

Robert Siegel speaks with NPR's Melissa Block about today's testimony by several survivors of the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998. Four men are on trial on charges of conspiracy in the bombings, which the government believes was masterminded by Saudi exile Osama Bin Laden.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on the use of a DNA databank, which stores the genetic information of convicted felons, to help find the perpetrators in otherwise unsolvable cases. Currently, Virginia has the largest databank of all the states, but other states are working to adopt the crime-solving technique as well.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports that lawyers for the captain of a Navy submarine which struck a Japanese fishing boat took a defensive tack during a military inquiry yesterday. Attorneys for Captain Scott Waddle dispute testimony that the sub's crew was confused and rushed in the final moments before the accident.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports Congressional lawmakers were able to overturn recent Clinton Administration workplace regulations by using a new law called the Congressional Review Act. Members of both parties helped pass the measure five years ago, and it allows lawmakers to reject new federal rules with a simple majority vote. Democrats who voted FOR the Act now regret their support.