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is run in a very autocratic way by the royal family which doesn't brook any dissent...

about the U.S. women's team's performance and the effect of spreading the tournament across the country rather than in Atlanta.

about the latest news on the E-coli outbreak in Japan.

with the IRS over designating some workers as independent contractors instead of employees...

commander of U.S. ground troops in Bosnia. General Nash says he expects to have his peacekeepers out of Bosnia by the end of the year, in keeping with the President's pledge to Congress. Also now that things are a little quieter in the war-torn region, the forces are making tactical adjustments.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that there has been no serious bloodshed since yesterday's coup in Burundi. The coup has been roundly condemned by the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity and the United States. But so far, no concrete steps have been taken against the country's new leaders.

Commentator Marianne Jennings has the real scoop on consultants...they are either people who have been down-sized...who advise that a company grow, or out-of-work MBAs who set up shop in weird places and get contracts with the same companies who wouldn't hire them. Usually they advise the opposite of whatever the company is doing.

A dispute between New York and New Jersey over who should own historic Ellis Island has gone to trial in the Supreme Court. This is not an appeal. It's the original trial. Border disputes like this one are heard by the Supreme Court, although it doesn't happen very often. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that the justices have assigned a legal expert called a special master to hear the case. The justices will make their ruling based on his report.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went before a joint session of Congress to reaffirm his tough new stand on the Middle East process, underlining his differences with the land-for-peace approach embraced by the Clinton Administration.

The House and Senate are rushing to finish work on legislation that would let workers keep their health insurance if they lose or change jobs, even if they have a pre-existing medical condition. And HEALTH CARE is a key campaign issue this fall. But Joanne Silberner reports a survey released today indicates that "portability," "Kassabaum-Kennedy," and "medical savings accounts" may not win or lose points for politicians, since most Americans don't quite understand the legislation.