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Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about Olympian track star Marion Jones. Her bid for becomming the first Olympic female to win five golds ended today when she took bronze in the long jump. She still has the two relay events to compete in before the end of the games.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden about a fight between Israeli police and Palestinian demonstrators at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Jody Becker of Chicago Public Radio reports on a thorny environmental case being heard next month by the U.S. Supreme Court. It involves the right of some Chicago suburbs to build a landfill on land that's being used by migratory birds. Some environmental activists warn that the court could use the case to gut the landmark Clean Water Act.

Sportswriter Stefan Fatsis tells Linda Wertheimer why NBC, holder of U.S. broadcast rights to the Sydney Olympics, intends to provide only tape delayed coverage. The 15-hour time difference between Sydney and the eastern U.S. and the fact that the network's exclusivity agreement ends after the first broadcast of an event are the main factors. The result is that records set overnight will not be seen in the U.S. till prime time the next day.

Veteran broadcaster Robert Trout recalls when the tide of the Battle of Britain turned. The aerial bombardment of London by Germany during World War Two -- known as the Blitz -- was thought to be a prelude to Nazi invasion. After the war, it was learned that on this date Adolf Hitler decided to abandon plans to take over England. Trout narrates a story about anchoring CBS Radio Network News during this period. We hear his colleague in London, Edward R. Murrow reporting on the air raids, Trout's own broadcasts, and the voice of Winston Churchill after the war. Trout tells how the addition of an evening newscast in radio prime time angered advertisers.

Three more world swimming records fell Sunday in Sydney, bringing to eight the number of records set in just the first two days of competition. NPR's Howard Berkes looks at why these Olympic games are producing faster and faster times in the water.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports from Sydney that five members of Romania's weightlifting team were reinstated at the Summer Olympics after a bizarre day of confusion over policy concerning drug tests. The athletes who did not fail any drug test were kicked out of the Olympics because two of their teammates tested positive.

David D'Arcy reports on a new documentary currently being screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Fighter follows two Czech Jews as they revisit their past during World War Two. It's the feature film debut of American director Amir Bar Levy. Levy was a student in Prague when he first met one of the survivors.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on some unanswered questions from the Wen Ho Lee and Chinese espionage investigations. What is still unknown about the data Lee downloaded to tapes that are now missing? Was someone really spying for China, and is that person (or are those persons) still active?

NPR's Martin Kaste in Buenos Aires reports a bribery scandal in the Argentine Senate is threatening the ruling coalition of President Fernando de la Rua. So far, the president has not been hurt by the scandal, but members of his administration have been accused of bribing senators to secure passage of a labor reform bill.