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The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to temporarily block the new Texas abortion ban while its lawsuit against the state continues.

Jacki talks to writer Jim Knipfel about his memoir, Quitting the Nairobi Trio, (JP Tarcher 2000). The book is a darkly comic story about Knipfel's time spent in a Minneapolis psychiatric ward.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, on this, the 35th anniversary of the Medicare program. They discuss how Medicare has changed over the last three decades and what challenges are ahead for the system. Secretary Shalala makes the case for the Clinton administration's proposal that prescription drugs be covered by Medicare. About 39 million Americans receive Medicare benefits.

Noah talks with Betsy Broder, Assistant Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection. She oversees the Identity Theft program, and talks about what steps people can take to protect themselves against this type of crime. (4:00) More information on the web at http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft. The FTC's ID Theft Hotline is 1-877-ID-THEFT.

Reporter Carole Rabel in Rhode Island reports on efforts to pinpoint the source of a disturbing new disease affecting lobsters in the northeast. Many lobsters have deformed shells. Warm water or other environmental stresses could be the source; some experts fear it's actually a larvacide that's being used in several states to kill mosquitoes that could carry the human pathogen, west Nile virus.

Noah talks with Frankie Andreau, a bike racer on the US Postal Service Team in the Tour de France, about his role in the race. Team work is crucial in the Tour de France and bikers are assigned different roles, like sprinters, climbers and overall workers, who support one or two leaders. Lance Armstrong is the leader on Andreau's team. The rest of the team is always working to conserve Armstrong's energy. Andreau is considered a worker, who may sprint to the front to protect Armstrong from the wind or who may drop back to get something Armstrong needs.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his first state of the union speech. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Pat Dowell reports on a small movie amid the big blockbusters this summer, a Canadian film called The Five Senses. The movie focuses on the interrelated lives of five people whose characters are linked to each one of the senses.

Songwriter Bill Parsons is not comforted by the news that gas prices are starting to drop. He joins Eric Weinberg and Barry Gordemer in singing about their worst nightmare: the high price of a gallon of gas.

Weekend Sunday's Popular Culture commentator Steven Stark examines the popularity of Judge Judy, the television jurist who dispenses her unique brand of justice for millions of viewers.