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Commentator Meghan Daum realizes that people like to make fun of the Midwest, but she couldn't believe it when someone tried to pick her up by teasing her about where she's from.

Host Bob Edwards talks to T.R Reid, London bureau chief for The Washington Post about the festivities in London surrounding the Queen Mother's birthday. The Queen Mum will be 100 on August 4th, and the party's already underway all over England.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Sports Commentator John Feinstein about the British Open Golf Tournament, which is underway at St. Andrew's in Scotland. If Tiger Woods wins, he'll become the youngest man in golf history to complete a grand slam. At 24, Woods already has won the Masters, the US Open, and the PGA.

Commentator John Ridley says he doesn't trust Texas Governor George W. Bush's new-found and avid interest in including minorities in his campaign. And he says the selection of three minority co-chairs for the Republican convention is no coincidence.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports that many new parents, especially black parents, aren't aware of how to avoid Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and as a result hundreds of babies die every year. The government says a new public health campaign geared towards the African- American community is necessary to avoid these preventable deaths.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Ted Clark about the latest development in the Middle East peace talks. Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yaser Arafat are continuing their negotiations after the White House announced it had ended in failure.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on regional reaction to the protracted Middle East peace negotiations at Camp David, Maryland.

NPR Business reporter Steve Krueger reports on the latest developments on the dispute between the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television & Radio Actors. Today, both sides are scheduled to meet with federal mediators in New York in a new bid to resume contract talks.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports a judge in Los Angeles has ruled the city's plan to keep convention protesters away from the Staples Center violates the first amendment because it would force those protesting to go more than two football fields away from the site. City planners are now trying to come up with a new plan that satisfies both the convention and protesters.

Alex Van Oss reports on a new exhibition featuring the work of Romain Brooks, a bohemian painter who worked in Paris in the early twentieth century. Though she painted seemingly traditional society portraits, she painted them so passionately that she's been called the Thief of Souls. The exhibition continues at the National Museum of Women in the Arts through September 24th.