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Jason Beaubien of member station WBUR reports that the Boston Red Sox and lawmakers have agreed on terms to finance a new stadium to replace the 88 year old Fenway Park. The new ball-park could cost more than 300-million-dollars, making it the most expensive stadiums ever built.

Modest Mouse is the name of a band from Issaquah, Washington. They've had a few releases on independent music labels, but their first album for a major company has just been released. The CD is called The Moon and Antarctica. Elyssa Gardner has our review.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that a bill to ban almost all forms of Internet gambling failed to pass the House of Representatives yesterday. The measure would have allowed betting on horse and dog tracks, jail-alai matches to continue. Critics of the bill say it is unenforceable, since most online casinos operate outside the United States.

Commentator Richard Rosenfeld compares the upcoming presidential election to the election of 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were running against each other. Rosenfeld says back then, gun control was also a big issue.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on today's Senate debate over a bill that would give a tax break to some married couples. Sponsors of the measure say it fixes a discrepancy that causes some married people to pay more income tax than they would if they were filing as singles. Senators opposed to the bill say it also gives a tax cut to couples who don't pay the so-called marriage penalty, but in fact pay less filing jointly than they would singly.

Linda talks with William G. Gale, a Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution about the tax burden on Americans 20 years ago, compared with the tax burden today.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports on developing concerns about the pirating of Internet movies. The technology is called DIVX, and it compresses movie files on computers so the movies can be downloaded quickly.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports on the effects of the recent economic downturn in Silicon Valley -- where money that was made fast is money that disappears quickly too. Some of the people who made millions in high-tech start-up companies have watched their fortunes vanish, as stock prices have fallen since March.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Yuli Tamir, Israel's Minister for Immigrant Absorption, about the Israeli negotiating position at the current peace talks at Camp David. She says an agreement is possible, if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is as committed to peace as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports on the meeting in Beijing between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Today, both leaders signed a joint statement opposing U.S. plans to build missile shields over North America and Asia.