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We ask listeners for their questions for the Presidential candidates.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports from Sydney, Australia on today's official welcome of athletes from more that 20 nations. Athletes are still arriving in preparation for Friday's opening ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Melbourne, Australia that corporate executives from across the Asian-Pacific region are holding what's been dubbed the Business Olympics -- a session of the World Economic Forum. Today, screaming protesters clashed with police as they vandalized the cars of delegates trying to enter the economic forum in the latest target of an anti-globalization movement.

Commentator Krissa Palmer says gold stars, like the kind we all got in first grade, are a great way to thank people for their good deeds.

Artists and Latino residents in San Francisco's Mission District are taking a theatrical approach to the problem of gentrification in their neighborhood. Alex Cohen of Member Station KQED reports.

We say farewell to a Broadway legacy. Cats closes tonight, after 18 years on Broadway.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that there's an increase in the number of businesses offering health insurance to their employees. But while employers often get health coverage at better costs than individuals, there is concern about how businesses select health care plans.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Representative Mike Simpson an Idaho Republican who came to Washington in 1999 vowing to meet his 434 fellow lawmakers in person. He didn't quite make it, but he learned a few things about the nature of Congress in the process.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on new developments in the case of Wen Ho Lee, a former scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Lee was indicted and jailed last December for illegally copying files, and now has agreed to a plea bargain. Lee could walk free today if a judge approves the deal.

Host Bob Edwards talks with commentator John Feinstein about the end of Bobby Knights career at Indiana as well as the US open.