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Although Congress has never finished work on its juvenile justice bill because of its gun restricting provisions, that issue lives on in this year's presidential campaign. NPR's Eric Westervelt files this story on rival gun policies in the presidential race.

Veta Christy of Peach State Public Radio reports from Atlanta on a new paging system that's being installed on school buses and alerts school children in the morning, when their bus is within a few minutes of picking them up. It's called the Bus Pal, and sends a signal from the bus to a pager in the home, alerting them that the bus is approaching. It also alerts parents or caregivers, when students are about to be dropped off after school.

Joel Obermeyer reports on for-profit technology schools that are bringing lower income individuals into today's booming economy.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Cartagena, Colombia on the international convention of Narcotics Anonymous, a 12-Step Program for recovering drug addicts. About 15-hundred members of NA, mostly from the Americas, gathered in the Caribbean port city to celebrate their ongoing recovery from drug addiction. Ironically, the host country, Colombia, is the world's largest supplier of cocaine, and the second largest supplier of heroin and marijuana.

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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on how this session of Congress is winding down. Legislation that was expected to pass earlier this year including a patient's bill of rights and a prescription drug benefit for seniors seem to have lost momentum. But a minimum wage increase and the China Trade bill still have a chance at becoming laws.

NPR's Joshua Levs reports on the older Olympian. The average age of an athlete on this year's U.S. team is around 28, and several high-profile competitors are in their mid to late 30's. Experts say changes in sports science, including training and nutrition, are helping to push back what scientists have long considered the age of peak performance.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on a new study in the journal Pediatrics which focuses on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The study focused on the frequency of the condition among children and how ADHD is being treated.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Paul Eisenstein about the high tech options available on this year's new car models. Eisenstein is publisher of The Car Connection dot com.

Host Bob Edwards talks with James Stewart, about the federal case against a former doctor who goes on trial today on charges of murdering three patients at a veterans hospital in New York State in 1993. The defendant, Michael Swango, is the subject of Stewart's book, Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away with Murder. (3:40) Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away with Murder is published by Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 06848