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NPR's Richard Knox reports from the 13th International AIDS conference in South Africa, on a new strategy for treating AIDS. Doctors at the National Institutes of Health reported in Durban, South Africa, that they have had success with an on-and-off regimen of AIDS drugs. Patients could safely stop the drugs for a month or two, then start them again. But many warn patients not to try this until studies had proved that it is not dangerous.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the owner of a clothing store on Malta today provided valuable testimony for the prosecution in the trial of two Libyan men accused of blowing up Pam Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The shop owner identified one of the Libyan suspects as the man who bought clothing in his store about two weeks before the passenger jet blew up in midair on December 21st, 1988. The clothing has been linked to the suitcase that contained the bomb. 270 people were killed in the explosion.

Noah talks with Tom Debaggio, an herb grower and writer with early onset Alzheimer's. His wife Joyce and son Francesco also participate. This is the third conversation Noah has had with Tom.

Although overall HIV infection rates in the U.S. are relatively low, there are disturbing pockets of infection among some parts of the population. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports that In response, health officials have designed prevention programs especially for groups at high risk.

NPR's Aaron Schachter reports from Los Angeles where police officers are gearing up for protestors at next month's Democratic National Convention. Police staged a mock street demonstration yesterday and invited the press. Skeptics say the scripted event was designed to boost the reputation of the beleaguered LAPD.

A new courthouse scheduled to open this week in Las Vegas is the first building to incorporate new architectural guidelines adopted after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Noah talks to Mehrdad Yazdani, Director of Design at Dworsky Asscociates in Los Angeles, California, about the building.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on today's announcement by the Federal government to change the designation of many gray wolves in the U.S. from the "endangered" to "threatened." The government says this is the result of successful efforts to rebuild wolf populations, but some environmentalist say it may leave them vulnerable to becoming endangered again.

NPR's Richard Knox reports from the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa that a widely used spermicide, once thought to prevent the spread of HIV, may actually increase the risk of transmission. New research suggests nonoxynol-9 can increase the likelihood that some women will be infected with HIV. The study was presented today.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from Cuba on Fidel Castro's "doctor diplomacy." Since 1963, Cuba has sent some 25,000 doctors to work in the developing world. But lately Havana seems to be changing its approach: it has opened a special school to train medical students from across Latin America. Cuba is footing the bill for the more than three thousand students in the initial class. After they graduate, they will return to their countries to work in underserved areas.

A brief summary of some of the other news on today's program.