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NPR's Phillip Davis reports Florida is offering motorists a new license plate featuring the slogan "choose life." Money from the sales of the new tags go to promote adoption. But abortion-rights groups say the message is inherently religious, and therefore unconstitutional. They've lost a round in court, but are still fighting against the plates.

A brief note on some of the other news on today's program.

Four years ago, a new federal law was enacted to limit the use of pesticides in American food production. But that was just the beginning of the fight. Enforcing the new law has proven difficult, beginning with the writing of detailed regulations. And a coalition of farm organizations and pesticide manufacturers has been working to slow the process, as well. Now there's a new bill pending in Congress that would cloud the picture further. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that Russia's President Vladimir Putin has declared today a day of mourning in honor of the 118 men who perished when the Kursk sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea.

Commentator and psychiatrist Elissa Ely says a Bible study group among patients at the hospital where she works provides some interesting theological insights.

Host Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Julie McCarthy about the resumption of the Lockerbie bombing trial after a three-week summer recess. On trial are two Libyans accused of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988, killing 270 people.

One of several tax cuts passed by Congress this summer -- a repeal of the tax on estates -- was formally dispatched from Capitol Hill to the White House today -- but not by the usual means. The document made its way down Pennsylvania Avenue on board the tractor of Lynn Cornwell, a cattle rancher from Montana. President Clinton has said he will veto the repeal, and Congress is not expected to muster the votes to override him. But Congressional Republicans are determined to keep the issue in the public eye. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

NPR's Michele Kelemen has a report from Podolsk on Russian sports hero Alexander Karelin. This giant of the Greco-Roman wrestling scene is going for his fourth Olympic gold in Sydney next month. But he's not just an athlete; he's also a member of the Russian Duma. President Putin's party recruited Karelin last year to boost its public image.

Nearly a third of the American workforce works a temporary or part-time job, or hires on as an independent contractor. For many workers, these arrangements provide the flexibility and freedom they never had in traditional jobs. But many "free agents" struggle to obtain benefits and professional stability. As David Molpus reports, a new study finds that organizations are emerging to help workers cope with the change, but there are still lots of bumps in the system.

A federal judge has ruled that Wen Ho Lee, the nuclear scientist accused of mishandling sensitive information at Los Alamos National Laboratory, can be released on bail. NPR's Barbara Bradley explains.