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John Miller reports from Lima, Peru on public reaction to President Alberto Fujimori's surprise announcement of a timetable for new elections. Fujimori is resigning from office because a bribery scandal involving intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos.

Meet the Slow Cities League, a band of about 30 Italian towns that are saying "no" to fast food, and other signs of globalization. These cities are hoping to preserve the easy going pace of small town life.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on the changes taking place in the multi billion dollar grocery business in the united States. It has become increasingly difficult to differentiate between grocery stores and department stores because of mergers that have eliminated smaller regional supermarkets.

Doug MacPherson of New Hampshire Public Radio reports on the first impeachment trial in that state. Yesterday New Hampshire's Senate opened the trial to hear charges against Chief Justice David Brock. He is accused of lying to investigators, making an improper call to a lower-court judge and soliciting comments from another justice about a divorce case.

Eric Roy of member station KCRW reports on the raising of the S. S. Catalina. The former pleasure cruiser has become a shipwreck tourist spot in Mexico, but now preservationists are planning to repair it and return it to California.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on the discovery of some really old fungi. Scientists have long wondered how plants made the big move from water to earth five hundred million years ago. Now, two plant experts at the University of Wisconsin may have uncovered a lead in this mystery.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that George W. Bush and Al Gore have agreed on a series of debates. The two candidates both endorsed a plan presented by the b-partisan commission on presidential debates earlier this year. But third party candidates may find it difficult to be included...unless they show at least a 15-percent support rate nationally, they will not be invited to participate.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on today's meeting between India's Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajapayee and President Clinton. The meeting is expected to improve U.S.-Indian relations, are tackling a main point of disagreement- India's nuclear weapons policies.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Andrew Bernard, an associate business professor at Dartmouth, about his predictions for which country will take home the most Olympic medals. Bernard bases his results on each country's population, wealth and past Olympic performances. He says the US will win 97 medals, followed by Germany with 63 and Russia with 59.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports on one of the nation's biggest and most successful stores that sells vintage clothing.