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Noah talks to Luke McCabe and Chris Barrett, seniors at Haddonfield Memorial High School in Haddonfield, New Jersey about their offer to be walking billboards. The pair are looking for a company to sponsor them. In exchange for college tuition, they are willing to wear clothes and sunglasses all with the sponsors' logo on them.

Republicans in the US Senate currently hold an eight vote advantage over the Democrats. But a third of the Senate seats are being contested in elections this year. Robert talks to Bob Benenson, Managing Editor for Politics at Congressional Quarterly, about the party balance in the Senate, and what might change this fall.

NPR's Renee Montagne reports on some of the issues being discussed at the National Conference on children's mental health. Montagne talks with one parent and a physician about coping with Attention Deficit Disorder.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago that civil rights activists vow to keep using fake job applicants to ferret out discrimination in hiring. They're promising to persist despite losing a federal court case concerning the undercover tactic.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that the Clinton Administration today cautiously welcomed Alberto Fujimori's decision to step down as president of Peru and hold new elections. White House spokesman Joe Lockhart called Fujimori's announcement "a step in the direction of full democratization" in Peru. But U.S. officials cautioned that they need more information on the position of the Peruvian military, whose support will be key for the country to move further toward Democratic reform.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from London that the Royal National Theatre is currently presenting a feat never before undertaken. It is staging -- simultaneously -- Alan Ayckbourne's twin plays House and Garden. Actors move back and forth between two theaters, racing from one stage to the other to hit their cues. Audiences, though, can view only one play at a time. Ayckbourne calls the twin farces "a modern morality play."

Noah interviews Dr. Spotswood Spruance, Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, about of two major tests he and others conducted on a vaccine to protect against genital herpes. To the surprise of researchers, the vaccine appears to work only on women who have never had cold sores.

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports on the public transit strike in Los Angeles. The shut down of bus and rail service has turned the city's already difficult commutes into a real mess.

David Brower of member station KRWG in Las Cruces, NM reports on efforts made to find markets for small trees. Many agree that these trees must be cleared from forests to prevent destructive wildfires, but without a market for the small timber, logging companies can't afford to cut them.

The first medals of the Sydney Olympics were handed out...The first gold medal was won by a relatively unknown American... But it's swimming that is attracting the most attention right now. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.