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NPR White House Correspondent Mara Liasson reports from Los Angeles on President Clinton's speech last night at the Democratic National Convention. The President thanked the American people for giving him the chance to live his dreams. And he suggested that voters apply "the standard that Republicans used to have for whether a party should continue in office: are we better off today than we were eight years ago?"

NPR's Scott Horsley reports on yesterday's stock market rally, based on expectations that the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates for a seventh straight time, when the Fed Board meets next week.

NPR's Ina Jaffe spent the day talking with delegates at the Democratic National Convention about a number of issues including campaign finance reform.

From Minnesota Public Radio Bob Kelleher reports that the lift-bridge that separates, Lake Superior from the Duluth harbour has gotten its voice back. The bridge's original...but very loud...horns were replaced by quieter pipes last year. But city residents felt their bridge had lost some of its character, and started a petition drive to bring the blaring horns back.

In part three of a weekly series of essays about his life in France, Commentator David Sedaris examines the French healthcare system from the inside.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Daniel Williams, correspondent for the Washington Post about the Russian nuclear submarine that sunk to the bottom of the Barents sea during naval exercises off Russia's north coast this past weekend. More than 100 crew members are trapped inside.

Co-Host Renee Montagne talks to the Democrats only surviving former president Jimmy Carter. Last night president Clinton paid tribute to former president who was in the audience. He said in Carter's tradition, the United States is still the "leading force for human rights around the world."

Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on the latest in dairy tech...the robotic milker. The automated system could boost milk production, as well as save a farmer's aching body from the demands of twice-a-day milkings.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Igor Kudrik, who monitors the Russian navy for Bellona, a non-profit organization in Oslo about the Russian nuclear submarine that sunk on Sunday. One of Russia's biggest nuclear submarines was apparently involved in a collision before it plunged hundreds of feet to the sea floor near the Arctic Circle.

Nova Safo reports on a new touring photography exhibition currently at the Downey Museum of Art. The exhibit Witness displays pictures of the face and hands of the Armenian genocide survivors. (5:00) The Downey Museum o Art is located at 10419 Rivers Avenue, Downey, California. The telephone number is 310-861-0419.