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Robert talks with Martin Lee, the chairman of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, and a member of Hong Kong's legislative council. They discuss the transition of Hong Kong from the status of British colony to Chinese city, as the date for this transfer of control approaches.

a merit scholarship program in New York City that prepares minority students from public schools for the rigors of a private school education.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow on rising tensions caused by the jockeying for power while President Boris Yeltsin is ill. Today, the interior minister accused the security chief of plotting a coup, and said security in major cities would be increased.

Plans to build a new museum in Berlin were postponed. The museum would have stood as a monument to the horrors of Germany's recent past. City officials say such a museum would cost too much. But, as NPR's Ed Lifson reports, Berlin's Jewish community is not convinced.

NPR's Melissa Block remembers John V. Lindsay, the charismatic two-term New York City mayor who was in office during the years of urban unrest and the Vietnam War. Lindsay died Tuesday night at the age of 79.

They're not the remains of the lost city of Atlantis, but scientists believe the discovery of a field giant columns rising from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean will yield new information about the history of our planet. NPR's Joe Palca has a report.

New York's commissioner of homeless services visits the Bahamas to look at an innovative alternative to the city's overcrowded shelters.

In Vail, Colo., a problem with manhole-cover theft led city officials to an interesting solution: They decided to market them. Host Liane Hansen speaks with town manager Bob McLaurin about the new manhole sales.

Commentator Frank Deford says the overwhelming expansion of sports- more teams in more cities- has thinned the number of outstanding players- bringing mediocrity to sport in general.

Scott speaks with Maud Lyon of the Detroit 300 organization about the city's time capsule, sealed in 1901 and opened earlier this week by Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer.