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A British court ruled today that a pair of conjoined twins must be separated. Separating them will kill one of the twins. They only have one heart. The parents of the twins are devout Roman Catholics and oppose separating them, they may appeal to the House of Lords or the European Court of Human Rights. We hear a report from the BBC's John Duce.

Commentator Craig Childs says there's a special place in the southern Utah desert that's transformed four times a year when the seasons change. It's an ancient calendar that's hand-carved into the cliffs.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Canadian comedian Rich Little about his new show in which he plays 8 different U.S Presidents. Little has been doing impressions of presidents for approximately 40 years.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports Presidential candidate George W. Bush's campaign continues through Florida.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that the House and Senate are far apart on a strategy for completing the spending bills required before the new fiscal year begins on October 1st. There are divisions between House and Senate Republicans. The possibility is being raised of holding a lame duck session after the election.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports that yesterday India announced that it would pull its contingent out of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone. India, with the second-largest contingent of troops is pulling out at a time when the United Nations is attempting to increase the number of peacekeepers in the embattled West African nation.

Joshua Levs reports from Sydney on that most Australian of delicacy: vegemite. The thick, yeast extract spread has been a long-time favorite of aussies for generations...still, many admit it's an acquired taste.

Karen Schaefer from member station WCPN in Cleveland reports on the opening of a National Underground Railroad exhibit. Some two-thousand people will gather to celebrate and preserve a chapter in America's struggle for civil rights.

Kenneth Turan, film critics for the Los Angeles Times reviews Cameron Crowe's new film Almost Famous.

NPR's Joanne Silberner watched the struggles of Tyler Handerson and his family as they waited for the restart of an experimental medical study. Tyler has a cancer that affects nerve cells and the brain. The study aims to use a new kind of "gene therapy" to cure the cancer. But the trial was one of many put on hold last year after the death of a Pennsylvania teenager.