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NPR's Jim Zarroli reports the Internet music site CDNow has been purchased by Germany's Bertelsmann conglomerate. The company is one of the most popular retailing sites on the web. But due to costly advertising campaigns and small profit margins, CDNow has lost more than 200-million dollars since it was created.

In his latest Play-by-Play commentary, NPR's Neal Conan profiles the Long Island Ducks of the Independent Atlantic League. Although the league has no affiliation with the Majors, fans are flocking to games. And the Ducks have become one of the most popular teams in the area.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on President Clinton's visit to Okinawa, Japan for the G-8 Summit. Today, the President addresses the concerns of the people in Okinawa over the presence of U.S. troops there.

Host Brian Naylor talks to NPR's Jennifer Ludden about the status of the Middle East peace negotiations at Camp David in the absence of President Bill Clinton. According to an Israeli official, Prime Minister Ehud Barak has agreed to a United States proposal to share sovereignty in parts of East Jerusalem.

Reporter Marge Pitroff of member station WUWM in Milwaukee reports on the role of modern summer camps in the lives of today's kids, and the potential benefits and drawbacks of structured recreation.

Noah talks to NPR's Wade Goodwyn about the jury verdict in the Branch Davidian lawsuit against the government. Goodwyn reports an advisory jury today quickly decided the government bears no responsibility in the deaths of Branch Davidians at the standoff at their compound in Waco, Texas in 1993. A long seige of the building by federal authorities ended in a fire that killed eighty people. Government attorneys argued the Davidians intentionally set the fire themselves. A judge will make the final ruling in the case.

The federal government's probe of the Olympic bribery scandal may be coming to an end. NPR's Howard Berkes has a report from Salt Lake City.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports thousands of Israeli settlers in the West Bank could face a tough decision if the ongoing summit talks at Camp David produce a final peace accord. Some of the settlers could well have to choose between finding new homes inside Israel or staying where they are, as Jews in an independent Palestinian state.

Kate Seelye reports from a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, where there is little optimism about the ongoing summit at Camp David. The refugees want to return to the homes they fled during past Arab-Israeli wars, but few believe the summit will make that possible.

Chiles en nogada is a special dish in Mexico eaten around the month of September to celebrate Independence Day. This summer marked 200 years since its creation.