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A community of Indigenous peoples worried that mercury used by gold miners was contaminating the fish they eat. So they created a DIY team to find out more.

The Quinault Indian Nation in Washington state is gradually moving the village of Taholah away from a rising Pacific Ocean. Other communities in the U.S. may need to take a similar approach.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that often, serious debate on Capitol Hill doesn't get a whole lot of news coverage, for it is the partisan stuff that really attracts the journalists. But that doesn't mean that members of Congress don't put aside politics and really dig into an issue in a serious manner. Kenyon found one such example this week in the House Judiciary Committee, which debates issues of refugees and political asylum.

Noah talks with NPR's national political correspondent, Elizabeth Arnold, who traveled to Chicago today with Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole to attend a campaign rally. The trip is Dole's first since his announcement that he would retire from the Senate to devote his full attention to running for the presidency. His campaign has been troubled in recent weeks, in part by legislative battles on Capitol Hill that have demanded his attention as Senate majority leader.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that GOP presidential candidate and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole met today on Capitol Hill with billionaire Steve Forbes to talk about taxes. Dole says he plans to make a proposal soon on reforming the current tax system, but he said he has yet to work out the details. Forbes' campaign against Dole in the GOP presidential primaries centered on replacing the current tax system with a seventeen percent flat tax.

John talks with Mike Fleeman, a correspondent for People magazine, about the verdict in the Winona Ryder trial. Ryder was convicted today of shoplifting more than $5,000 worth of merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. The jury found Ryder guilty of felony grand theft and vandalism, but aquitted her of burglary. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 6.

France and Germany underscore their commitment to avoiding war with Iraq, but the Bush administration says it will push ahead with war preparations despite European opposition. On Capitol Hill, some senators say the White House must make a more convincing case for military action. NPR's Tom Gjelten and David Welna report.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on the dilemma inside the Gore campaign on what role President Clinton should play in the election. Yesterday, Mr. Clinton rallied the troops on Capitol Hill, giving an impassioned speech before Congressional Democrats on how George W. Bush is distorting his Administration's record. Yet the Vice President has rarely invoked Mr. Clinton's name on the campaign trail.

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe faces tough questions on Capitol Hill during a hearing on the space agency's 2004 budget. Members of the House Science Committee also press O'Keefe for safety assurances following the loss earlier this month of the space shuttle Columbia. NPR's Eric Niiler reports.

David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal talks about President Bush's economic summit, which begins Wednesday. The president will attend sessions on tort and social security reform. Wessel says Mr. Bush still has to sell Capitol Hill on his ideas, even with his expanded majority in both chambers of Congress. Hear Wessel and NPR's Steve Inskeep.