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Commentator Lis Wiehl, a former federal prosecutor, makes the case against the right to privacy for strangers staying in a stranger's home.

The city of Minneapolis intends to erect a bronze statue to honor Mary Richards, the fictional heroine of the Mary Tyler Moore show. It will be done in conjunction with the cable television network TV LAND. Writer Peter Ritter is inspired by the notion of public art for the masses. He has a few suggestions of his own.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports that the role of the United States in Israel's withdrawal from Gaza reflects a different approach to the Middle East from that of the Clinton administration. President Clinton tackled regional issues always in the context of the peace process. The Bush administration feels compelled to make the U.S. position known on various developments. But those reactions seem to be dictated by events themselves rather than the larger goal of reaching a peace agreement.

Anthony Kuhn reports there was no progress in the first day of U.S./Chinese talks to resolve disputes left over from the April 1 collision of an American surveillance plane and Chinese jet fighter. Beijing wants U.S. surveillance flights in the area to end. Washington says they will not end. Meanwhile, the damaged U.S. plane is still in Chinese hands.

There are signs that the epidemic of foot and mouth disease in Britain may be leveling off. But that doesn't mean the threat to U.S. livestock will go away. NPR's Joe Palca reports that the possibility of foot and mouth disease entering America is a constant one - and that recent events give cause for some optimism that the disease can be kept out.

Attorney General John Ashcroft said the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and the FBI will encrypt the video of Timothy McVeigh's execution. It's part of the effort to prevent any one to hack into the line and broadcast the images. Linda Wertheimer talks with Mark Rasch, Vice President of Cyberlaw at Predictive Systems in Washington D.C.

David Greenberger reviews the new album by the band Los Super Seven. It's called Canto. (4:00) Canto, by Los Super Seven, is on the Sony Music Entertainment label.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports on the Bush administration's adoption of broad regulations that restrict access to medical records -- regulations that were written by the Clinton administration.

Travis Hugh Cully's new book is called The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power. It's about his days as a bike messenger in Chicago -- the pressure, pain and sometimes loss of pedaling through a major American city. Noah Adams talks with Culley about maneuvering through the city and the battle between bikes and cars.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on the much anticipated homecoming of the 24 men and women held in China for 11 days after their Navy plane went down there.