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NPR's Larry Abramson reports on Deutsche Telekom's bid to buy two US based telecommunications companies. Some lawmakers say the deal shouldn't be allowed because Deutsche Telekom is headed by a foreign government.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Ted Clark wrapping up events at the UN's Millennium Summit.

Today Linda and Noah read letters from listeners about the impact of the presidential election on the Supreme Court, Hip-Hop culture, and the song Crazy. (3:30) Send your letters to atc@npr.org or via regular post to Letters, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20001.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports on the effect of drought and record high temperatures on the lives of Texans.

Artists and Latino residents in San Francisco's Mission District are taking a theatrical approach to the problem of gentrification in their neighborhood. Alex Cohen of Member Station KQED reports.

Host Jacki Lyden talks with Sidney Perkowitz, author of Universal Foam: From Cappuccino To The Cosmos (Walker & Company/2000). Perkowitz, a professor of physics at Emory University, discusses the role of foam in science and in everyday life.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that there's an increase in the number of businesses offering health insurance to their employees. But while employers often get health coverage at better costs than individuals, there is concern about how businesses select health care plans.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports from Sydney, Australia on today's official welcome of athletes from more that 20 nations. Athletes are still arriving in preparation for Friday's opening ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Commentator Krissa Palmer says gold stars, like the kind we all got in first grade, are a great way to thank people for their good deeds.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Melbourne, Australia that corporate executives from across the Asian-Pacific region are holding what's been dubbed the Business Olympics -- a session of the World Economic Forum. Today, screaming protesters clashed with police as they vandalized the cars of delegates trying to enter the economic forum in the latest target of an anti-globalization movement.