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Reporter Alex van Oss remembers the days of his youth when he used to roam the hallways of the American History Museum, one of the museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution. The museum received a generous gift of $80 million this past week from California developer Kenneth E. Behring.

Host Mike Shuster talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden about an upcoming meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

As part of a Monday series on third party Presidential candidates, Bob Edwards talks with Libertarian nominee, Harry Browne. At the heart of his party's platform is a call for the abolition of the income tax. Libertarians want to eradicate intrusive government.

Commentator Shane Hamman competes tomorrow in Sydney as a member of the U.S. men's Olympic weight lifting team. He says his road to power lifting began when he was a teenager, working for his dad's produce company.

Poet Yusef Komunyakaa reads his poem The Deck. Komunyakaa and dozens of other poets performed and read and chatted and signed autographs at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival in Stanhope, New Jersey this past weekend. In the second half of the program we'll hear more about the festival and more from the poets themselves.

The top-selling computer game this year isn't Pokemon or Nintendo -- it's a virtual family, the Sims. These computer-generated characters let you design and program their day-to-day activities, just like a real family. And just like a real family, they respond in unexpected ways. Susan Stone reports.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on the elections in Yugoslavia. No official results have yet been released, but opposition says that their leader Vojislav Kostunica is ahead. This is in sharp contrast to government's statements that President Slobodan Milosevic is winning.

Peru's disgraced intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos has arrived in Panama, seeking political asylum after sparking a week-long crisis at home.

Host Mike Shuster talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about the apparent tightening of the Presidential contest between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush. Polls indicate that Bush has pulled even with Gore, after trailing since the Democratic National Convention last month.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the official opening of the IMF/World Bank summit Tuesday.