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Linda talks with E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and David Brooks of the Weekly Standard about Vice President Al Gore's speech last night at the Democratic Convention. It was a speech in which Gore asserted he was "his own man" -- promising a vision for America's future. The speech was packed with a laundry list of specific issues he promised to tackle -- including healthcare, campaign finance reform and needs of the working and middle class.

Mark Moran of member station KJZZ in Phoenix reports the latest information on Senator John McCain's health. The senator has had a recurrence of skin cancer and has been meeting with his doctors.

Noah talks with Ronald J. Ostrow, a veteran Los Angeles Times writer who is covering a probe of the FBI Crime Laboratory. The probe began three years ago because of allegations of sloppiness in the handling of evidence for 3,000 criminal cases. Some of the defendants of those cases landed on death row.

To try to blunt the gains Vice President Gore received since this week's convention, his Republican opponent, George W. Bush, campaigned in Mr. Gore's home state: Tennessee. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Melinda has some thoughts about Firestone's tire recall.

Noah Adams talks with sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics trials in Boston. Several members of the women's team which won a gold medal in 1996 are trying to make the team again. Interestingly, women's coach Bela Karoly has been given unprecedented power to select the team from among the top finishers at the trials. Usually, the team consists of the top six finishers at the trials.

Noah checks back with Stacy Jessop, a Montana middle school teacher who was evacuated to a Red Cross shelter to avoid wildfires which were burning perilously close to her house. She's returning home today.

International tennis officials are considering changes to the game, including shortening sets, allowing temper tantrums and painting the courts purple. Melinda speaks with Tennis magazine deputy editor David Sparrow.

Melinda speaks with Stan Werbin of Elderly Instruments about Pete Seeger's handmade long-necked banjo, which went missing in New York's Hudson River Valley last week. (4:30) (Call Clearwater, (845) 454-7673 with information.)

NPR's senior news analyst Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.