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Host Bob Edwards talks to Yuli Tamir, Israel's Minister for Immigrant Absorption, about the Israeli negotiating position at the current peace talks at Camp David. She says an agreement is possible, if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is as committed to peace as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

In the first part of a three part series on Jerusalem, NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that though Israeli officials insist on an undivided Jerusalem as their "eternal capital," Jerusalem remains very much a divided city. In mostly Arab East Jerusalem, Israeli authority serves mostly Israelis. The city's Muslims have their own institutions.

Howie Movshovitz of Colorado Public Radio reports that, despite another record breaking summer at the box office, many theater chains are deeply in debt. One major reason is that they've borrowed heavily to build new, high tech theaters across the country. And as movies spend less time in theatrical release, the profits even from blockbusters aren't offsetting increasing costs.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on yesterday's protests by tens of thousands of Israelis, who oppose Prime Minister Barak's participation at the Camp David Summit. The demonstrators are against making concessions to Palestinians.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about the considerations George W. Bush and Al Gore are taking into account, as they select their Vice Presidential running mates. Both Gore and Bush talked about the selection process yesterday.

NPR's Richard Harris has the story on a forthcoming report which indicates that the wobble in the Earth's rotation might be caused by water.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports on developing concerns about the pirating of Internet movies. The technology is called DIVX, and it compresses movie files on computers so the movies can be downloaded quickly.

Pippin Ross reports on the latest trend in welfare reform...getting fathers to take an active part in their children's lives. Most of these men's father's weren't around for them, and they need extra support in an effort to break the cycle. States are trying a number of programs, including parenting classes, rent subsidies, and legal services.

The American Medical Association's recent moves on Capitol Hill -- like its advertising campaign targeting vulnerable Republican senate seats -- have demonstrated little love for the Republicans on whom they once relied. NPR's Julie Rovner reports on the growing rift between the AMA and the GOP.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports on the effects of the recent economic downturn in Silicon Valley -- where money that was made fast is money that disappears quickly too. Some of the people who made millions in high-tech start-up companies have watched their fortunes vanish, as stock prices have fallen since March.