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To bring us up to date on the state of the Presidential race, Robert Siegel speaks with David Brooks, Senior Editor at the Weekly Standard, and E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. They talk about the stage of the race now drawing to a close -- the time in-between the primaries and the party conventions, and what to expect as the parties convene in a few weeks.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the bragging by both Democrats and Republicans about how many millions they've raised for congressional elections. This is expected to be the most expensive congressional campaign season ever, and the Democrats say they have the most money in hand now -- a rare occurrence. Both parties seem poised to break the legal limit on how much can be spent directly to help a candidate. They note that a federal court has outlawed the spending caps in six western states and the parties say they might just assume the caps will be thrown out for the rest of the country too.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Dan Gillmor, technology columnist for San Jose Mercury News, about the recent meeting of ICANN -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names. The private corporation that structures the Internet has announced it will create new domain names with alternate web address suffixes besides dot-coms.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about the considerations George W. Bush and Al Gore are taking into account, as they select their Vice Presidential running mates. Both Gore and Bush talked about the selection process yesterday.

Host Bob Edwards shares letters from listeners.

Up until a few short weeks ago, Whittier, Alaska - a small town of 300 or so people could only be reached by rail. But now - the tunnel which links it to the rest of the state has been opened to vehicle traffic as well. As Anne Sutton reports, tourists are taking advantage of this and rushing to view the former army post. But what they're finding there isn't quite what they expected.

Linda talks with Steve Bowlin, Director of Public Works for the drought-stricken town of Throckmorton, Texas. He joins us by phone from the construction site of a pipeline, which workers began laying today to pump water from the town of Graham, 35 miles away from Throckmorton.

NPR's Rick Karr reports opening arguments are expected today in the federal trial of Eric Corley, publisher of the hacker magazine Twenty-Six Hundred. The prosecution charges Corley broke the law when he posted a program on his website that allows users to unscramble the codes used to encrypt DVD's. The defense claims Corley never broke the law, since posting the program is not inherently illegal.

Commentator Diana Nyad says she thinks we ought to take a closer look at the ecological impact golf courses have on the environment.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Debbie Elliott about the prospect that tobacco companies will be able to reduce or overturn the huge damage award in the Florida smokers class action suit. The companies say they will file an immediate appeal to the Friday jury verdict, which awards 145 Billion dollars in damages to smokers whose health was harmed by smoking tobacco products.