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Scott interviews General Colin Powell about his retirement, Bob Dole and gays in the military. They discuss Powell's non-candidacy and his view of Dole's decision not to address a recent NAACP convention. Powell also describes what it's like to rejoin civilian life.

about the slide in stock prices over the last week. The downward trend started last Friday, when the federal government reported that the nation is experiencing record levels of employment.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Istanbul on Turkey's "identity crisis." Long the southeastern anchor of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...NATO...Turkey was part of the West's Soviet Union containment policy. But, the Cold War is over, Turkey is surrounded by unfriendly countries and the new prime minister comes from a pro-Islamic party.

documenting thousand of beach-closings in the U.S. last year due to high levels of bacteria and viruses in swimming water. Perhaps more worrisome than that, the group says, were the beaches that weren't closed.

and preparations to bring the dead Americans back home from Saudi Arabia.

a Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St Louis, about the security at the U.S. military base where the attack occurred.

that the state-funded Virginia Military Institute could no longer exclude women.

Susan speaks with James Baker, secretary of state during the Bush administration about Benjamin Netanyahu's speech. Baker says that many of the words he heard today made him hopeful, but that it's unclear whether Netanyahu will follow up on his promises.

Savvy business practices have made Frito-Lay the undisputed giant of the salty-snack food industry. But critics say that the company has grown so big by undercutting its competitors, consumers will someday pay higher prices because there will be no other choice. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the business that sparked a Justice Department investigation into possible anti-trust practices within the industry.

Linda talks with Pamela Davis, a pitcher for the Colorado Silver Bullets baseball team. Last night, she became the first woman player to take the field for a sanctioned men's baseball team as she filled in during the fifth inning as a pitcher for the Jacksonville Suns in an exhibition game against the Australian Olympic team. Davis was credited with the win, in a six-to-nothing shutout.