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Minnesota Republican Rod Grams is considered one of the most vulnerable US Senators facing re-election this fall. He's a staunch conservative in a state with a long history of progressive politics, but he's also a maverick in a state known for its independence. Anemic poll numbers and a modest legislative record brought lots of challengers into this month's Democratic primary, but the big field may prove to be Grams best defense. Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo reports.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy has some thoughts on the history of wine and beer inspired by a museum visit.

Scott talks with NPR's Pam Fessler about the current backlog of federal spending bills. Congress and the President have agreed on two spending packages, but they have eleven more bills to discuss before the beginning of the new fiscal year on October 1st.

Alison Richards of NPR News has the third part in her series on Osteoporosis. Patients with osteoporosis now can be diagnosed with a bone density scan, and there are more drugs and therapies to treat it. But that wasn't always the case. Because osteoporosis -- meaning porous bones -- develops in silence, doctors needed a way to detect the disease. They were helped by research done in the 1950's by the old Atomic Energy Commission. The commission was looking at ways to prevent atomic fallout from getting into bone. That early work on bone biology was dusted off to help 21st century sufferers of osteoporosis.

After a volunteer collected more than 200 dead migratory birds from the sidewalks around the World Trade Center, bird groups in the city called on the complex to dim unnecessary lights at night.

The stars of the 1980s TV series Cagney & Lacey Sharon Gless (Christine Cagney) and Tyne Daly (Mary Beth Lacy). The two played New York City Police detectives. C&L was the first TV crime show in which the two central characters were female. The TV series won 14 Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe Award. Tyne Daly is currently starring in the CBS series Judging Amy. (REBROADCAST from 4

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports from Seattle on the campaign trail, where protests and counterprotests by supporters of Democrat Al Gore and Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader are overshadowing Gore's efforts to emphasize his health care policy.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Marshall Wittmann of the Heritage Foundation about the political implications of House Speaker Dennis Hastert's offer to President Clinton: increase the minimum wage in exchange for a cut in business taxes.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports that officials at the Hanford Nuclear Reservoir want to re-activate one of the site's decommissioned reactors despite public outrage.

NPR's Richard Knox reports that scientists have decoded the genome for the bacterium pseudomonas aeruginosa. The bacterium can be resistant to all antibiotics, and is often fatal for burn victims and people with cystic fibrosis.