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The new hi-tech industry is changing the much revered music scene in Austin, Texas. NPR's John Burnett reports.

NPR's Richard Knox reports from the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa that a widely used spermicide, once thought to prevent the spread of HIV, may actually increase the risk of transmission. New research suggests nonoxynol-9 can increase the likelihood that some women will be infected with HIV. The study was presented today.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from Cuba on Fidel Castro's "doctor diplomacy." Since 1963, Cuba has sent some 25,000 doctors to work in the developing world. But lately Havana seems to be changing its approach: it has opened a special school to train medical students from across Latin America. Cuba is footing the bill for the more than three thousand students in the initial class. After they graduate, they will return to their countries to work in underserved areas.

When United Airlines and US Airways announced that they wanted to merge, the plan included the creation of a new airline - DC Air - which would be owned by Media Mogul Robert Johnson, of Black Entertainment Television. Commentator Leon Wynter says the prospect is a windfall for Johnson, who Wynter contends has turned his media empire into America's official black brand.

Vice President Al Gore brought the NAACP convention delegates to their feet today. Welcomed as a "member of the family," the Democratic presidential candidate served up Scripture, promises to fight hate crimes and discrimination, and tough talk about his Republican rival and GOP leaders in Congress. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports from Baltimore.

Doctor MEL GREAVES, author of Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy (Oxford University Press. GREAVES is professor of cell biology and director of the Leukemia Research Fund Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. GREAVES places cancer in its evolutionary context, using examples from the 15th century to the most contemporary research. GREAVES talks about the importance of looking at cancer through a Darwinian lens. He says there may be implications for research, prevention, and treatment. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW) 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Host Bob Edwards talks to Newsweek Reporter Donatella Lorch about the UN embargo on diamond purchases from the rebels fighting to overthrow Sierra Leone's government. The UN hopes the ban will cut funding to the civil war, which has caused thousands of deaths in the West African country. Lorch says that implementing the embargo will be difficult for a variety of reasons.

From Gainesville, Texas, Janet Heimlich reports on a juvenile prison that has begun teaching inmates computer networking to give them a useful skill when they get out. The Justice Department is eyeing the program as a model to use at other juvenile facilities to keep youth from returning to crime.

Critic Kenneth Turan reviews the short film, George Lucas in Love, which is enjoying considerable success, even though it's only available on one internet site.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on the changes taking place in telecommunications industry. Despite the failure of a proposed merger between Worldcom and Sprint, other companies are still interested in merging with these companies.