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Howard Berkes profiles a local politician in Montana. Mayor Dan Kemmis of Missoula preaches a more hands-on approach than most local governments practice. His leadership style has predictably drawn mixed reviews.

Texan Tamyra Mensah-Stock became just the second woman to win gold in wrestling for the United States at the Tokyo Olympics. She's the first Black American woman to ever win gold in the sport.

Robert talks with Mary Lefkowitz, the Andrew Mellon professor of Humanities at Wellesley College, about her book "Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History." She contests the theory that many of the outstanding features of ancient Greece originated in ancient Egypt. Lefkowitz says the theory stems from an 18th century french novel.

of eight Serb soldiers by the Bosnian government.

In the second part of our series on the income gap, NPR's Margot Adler reports on the debate over the relationship between technology and income disparity in the United States. Economists generally believe that technological innovation is good for the economy, good for jobs, and, in the long-run, good for our overall standard of living. But economists are also coming to the conclusion that modern technology is adding to the already significant income gap between rich and poor in this country.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports that Bosnian Serb leaders today suspended talks with Muslim-Croat officials to protest the arrest of Serbian officers accused of war crimes. The Bosnian Serbs are demanding release of the men who were seized on their way to talks with NATO officials in Sarajevo.

Dan O'Connell used to watch Magic Johnson play basketball during his college days in Michigan. For O'Connell, who is also HIV-positive, it's a thrill to see him back on the court again following his four-and-a-half season absence from NBA.

Danny talks with State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns and also Ruth Wedgwood, Senior Fellow for International Organizations and Law at the Council on Foreign Relations about the importance of using the right names in political and diplomatic discusions. Wedgewood says that the use of a certain name amounts to a form of rhetorical warfare, and misnaming can be taken as an act of hostility. Burns says that communications between countries is particularly problematic for the United States because of its position of power in the world - other countries pay a lot of attention to what the U.S. says. They give several examples of controversial names including the use of the country-name "Macedonia" - the Greek government objects to a former Yugoslav republic calling itself by that name.

conference that begins Friday morning in Italy and also the latest developments in the case of three foreign nationals -- believed to be Iranian-trained mujahideen -- who were arrested by French troops Thursday.

has some thoughts on the Los Angeles freeway system. She says it helped explain the problem men have with asking for directions.