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NPR's Anthony Brooks reports that Vice President Al Gore took his campaign to Florida yesterday and launched a fresh attack on drug companies for their lobbying power in Congress. Today Gore is in Albuquerque focusing his attention on health care for children.

Host Renee Montagne talks to reporter Jonathan Miller, who's in Lima, about the decision by a Peruvian military court to overturn the life sentence of Lori Berenson. The 30-year-old New York native was found guilty of treason by the secret tribunal in January 1996 for allegedly helping the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement plan an attack on Peru's Congress.

Colorado Public Radio's Andrea Dukakis reports on a controversy over the national motto "In God We Trust." The state school board passed a non-binding resolution that suggested public schools post the motto, but some schools have been hesitant to do so. Critics say the motto excludes students of different faiths, and some warn of possible legal battles.

Howie Movshovitz of Colorado Public Radio examines Aiyana Elliott's new documentary called The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack. The film is about her father Jack Elliot, a folk singer who studied under Woody Guthrie. Elliott says she made the film in order to focus attention on the contributions her father made to American folk music.

The College Board today released its annual S.A.T. scores for this year's college freshman class. This year there are a record number of test takers. The highest percentage of foreign born students ever took the S.A.T. this year, and more test takers than ever are the first in their families to attend college. Although the overall math scores are the highest in 30 years, verbal scores did not budge for the fifth year in a row. NPR's Claudio Sanchez has a report.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on a controversy over whether or not DNA evidence should be used to overturn a prior conviction. More convicted prisoners are trying to prove their innocence by testing evidence as far back as 20 years. But, the use of DNA science is proving to be problematic in many of these cases because evidence has been thrown away or destroyed.

Host Renee Montagne talks to Washington Post Reporter Howard Schneider, who's in Cairo, about the discussion President Clinton had with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak concerning the stalled Middle East Peace process. The U.S. hopes that President Mubarak can be persuaded to get other Arab leaders to agree to leave East Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty.

After a volunteer collected more than 200 dead migratory birds from the sidewalks around the World Trade Center, bird groups in the city called on the complex to dim unnecessary lights at night.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports President Clinton will head to Colombia tomorrow on a one-day trip highlighting the new billion-dollar US-Colombian program to fight the drug trade. The visit comes at a time when Colombians are despairing over the problems they face, and Colombian leaders say their people need to be encouraged. Critics of the President's trip say it is poorly timed, given the unsatisfactory efforts of Colombian government. The Clinton Administration last week waived requirements that the Colombian government show human rights improvements before receiving additional US aid.

Amy Eddings of member station WNYC reports U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan spoke to the Millenium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders today. The gathering has been marred by protests over the exclusion of the Dalai Lama because of China's objections. In his speech today, Annan urged political and religious leaders to reaffirm the right to religious freedom.