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Shares in Southern California technology company Emulex plunged nearly 60 percent in a matter of hours after a phony press release sent out over the Internet falsely reported that the company was in trouble. The company's stock recovered after the hoax was discovered. But, as Elaine Korry of NPR News reports, the episode demonstrates how vulnerable businesses are to misleading information, in an age of instant mass communication.

Reuben Jackson reviews the new CD from Helen Merrill. She has been singing and recording American popular music for more than 50 years. On this new release, for the first time, she also includes songs from her native Croatia. Merrill is 70 years old now, but Jackson says her voice is still elegant and pretension-free. (4:30) The CD is called The CD is called Jelana Ana Milcetic, aka, Helen Merrill. It's on the Verve Music label, copyright 2000.

We hear a portion of Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush's speech today, accusing the Clinton-Gore administration of squandering opportunity for trade with Latin America.

Commentator Kevin Phillips says that President Clinton can quote several of his predecessors, both Republicans and Democrats, as he prepares to veto legislation that would abolish the inheritance tax.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the Environmental Protection Agency's experimental attempt to cover an undersea deposit of toxic DDT off the coast of California, with a fresh layer of sediment. An estimated 110 Tons of the poisonous pesticide is located on 17 square miles of ocean floor. Between 1947 and 1971, Montrose Chemical dumped the DDT into the sewer system, which discharged it into the ocean.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on some of the dangers associated with the smoke plumes caused by wildfires.

For a Nigerian view, Robert turns to Bartholomew Nnaji, former Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology, now an engineering professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Nnaji is also chair of the Nigeria People's Forum, an organization here in the US. He and Robert discuss Nigeria since its presidential election.

NPR's Phillip Martin reports on Redeem the Dream an event commemorating the 37th anniversary of the March on Washington at which Martin Luther King Junior gave his famous I Have A Dream speech. The event is being organized to force action by the White House and Congress to address racial profiling in law enforcement.

Colin Fogarty of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on Ralph Nader's campaign. The Green Party candidate is hoping to attract his largest number of supporters in Portland tonight. His candidacy has many voters worried that a vote for Nader will steal votes from vice president Al Gore.

Commentator Matt Miller commends Republican Governor Gary Johnson's position on Marajuana - Legalize it.