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Scott Simon talks to Gary Dahl who won the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. Dahl also happens to be the inventor of the Pet Rock.

Scott reads letters from listeners.

Scott on Mojo magazine's poll, which selected the Beatles' "In My Life" as the greatest pop song of the century.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on the historical decision in Florida smokers' class action lawsuit against the nation's top five cigarette making companies. The jury hit the companies with a $145 billion punitive damages verdict, -the largest civil jury award in history.

Scott speaks with Shibley Telhami about the Middle East peace talks at Camp David. Telhami holds the Anwar Sadat Chair for Mideastern studies at the University of Maryland.

Scott Simon talks to Thomas Katroscik commissoner of the Stoop Ball league about the stoop ball championships held on a farm in Wisconsin.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on how Vladimir Putin's actions as president have stoked the flames of an age old rivalry between St. Petersburg and Moscow.

A jury in Waco, Texas found that the federal government is not responsible for the deaths of 80 Branch Davidians in 1993. The decision came as blow to the surviving Davidians who had hoped that the civil action who hoped the civil action might serve some vindication of their claims of persecution at the hands of the government. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

Yesterday marked the end of the week-long international AIDS conference in Durban, South Africa. Many called the event historical. NPR's Joe Neel reports.

In part two of our look at juvenile facilities in South Dakota, NPR's Madeleine Brand reports that after the death of 14 year old Gina Score, others came forward with charges of abuse. These allegations are the basis for half a dozen lawsuits and 2 federal investigations.