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Commentator Frank Deford weighs in with his feelings on prayer at high school football games.

Anne Garrels talks with All Things Considered's Noah Adams about the U.N. Millennium Summit, which is being called the largest gathering of world leaders in history. President Clinton addressed the summit today, delivering an impassioned appeal for peace in the Middle East. The president was holding separate meetings later with Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, hoping to revive prospects for a final peace agreement.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush's proposal to cut income taxes and restructure Medicare. His plan would allow senior citizens the option of keeping their current federal coverage, or trade it in for private plans. Democrats say the proposal would cost the federal government billions...undermining plans for new tax cuts.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on a new survey in the Journal of the American Medical Association which shows a decline in the number of students applying to medical school. Experts say the booming economy and wider choices in the health care field could be among the reasons for the decline. Some say doctor complaints about long hours and less pay could also be factors.

Commentator Meghan Daum talks about Nebraska farmers in drag.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that a diplomatic row between the United States and North Korea is likely to undermine efforts to normalize relations between the two countries. North Korean diplomats headed for the U.N. Millennium summit were searched by American Airlines security personnel in Frankfurt, Germany. The angry North Koreans turned around and went home, after loudly denouncing the United States as a "rogue" nation. The diplomatic delegation included the North Korean number two official, who had been scheduled to hold first time, face-to-face meetings with the leaders of Japan and Russia in New York.

We hear an excerpt of a speech yesterday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, by Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush, in which he outlined his plan for Medicare.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy, who lives in New York City has a few words about the traffic gridlock caused by the United Nations Millennium Summit.

As the U.S. Open tennis championship moves into crucial late rounds, all eyes are on stars like Pete Sampras, Venus and Serena Williams and Martina Hingis. Reena Advani reports there are also other performers out there on center court -- the ballboys. Unlike tennis players, when ballboys do their job well, they go virtually unnoticed.

A Pentagon security barrier accidentally lifted the German Defense Minister's car yesterday, injuring the minister who was arriving for talks with Defense Secretary William Cohen. A similar incident occurred in 1998 to the Japanese defense minister's car. Noah talks with Jim Mannion, Pentagon Correspondent for the Agence France-Press, about the Pentagon's security malfunctions.