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from a series of ethical controversies. His support in public opinion polls remains relatively high, despite repeated, negative news stories about Whitewater and White House handling of confidential FBI files. Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole has yet to benefit significantly from basing his campaign on the 'character issue.'

NPR's Elaine Korry reports on a growing trend among some companies to file for bankruptcy when they're not really broke. Sizzler International's recent decision to seek protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code while boasting of its financial health is the latest example. Sizzler is using the rules of the Code to close some of its less profitable restaurants and legally break leases and fire employees as part of its restructuring.

The Smithsonian's celebration of the American South includes an array of terrific bands. Robert met with Michael Doucet (doo-SAY), the leader of the Cajun band Beausoleil (BOH-soh-LAY). He also listened to the Treme (TRAY-may) brass band from New Orleans, and the Birmingham Sunlights, a five-member a cappella (AH-kuh-PELL-uh) band.

free tolls when traffic backs up, and starting Monday -- a 65 Miles-per-hour speed limit on parts of the thruway to the New York border.

David Culhane reports from Paris on the annual ceremony to honor the memory of the Marquis de Lafayette. Each Fourth of July, the French and American governments honor the hero of the American revolution and change the flag flying over Lafayette's tomb.

From member station W-B-U-R, NPR's Tovia Smith reports that as excavations continue on Boston's Harbor Tunnel project, archeologists are nearing the place where colonists dumped tea into the harbor 222 years ago. They hold out a chance that they may find the wooden tea crates still in place. The dumping site of the tea crates was in deep waters two centuries ago but today it's solid landfill.

- Daniel talks with journalist Edward Humes about the state of the juvenile justice system in the United States. Humes spent a year in the Los Angeles juvenile court system which is the biggest in the country. He found that the courts were poorly funded, poorly staffed and unable to truly help families and problem kids. Humes has written a book about his experiences called "No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court." (Simon & Schuster)

Robert talks about the three-year-old Rottweiler, "Gator," who found the last survivor in the bombed Oklahoma City Federal building. Gator recently died after a fall in his owner's back yard.

A church service is held every Sunday in a junk yard on Chicago's South Side. The preacher is 82, the services are non-denominational, and the congregation is made up of the homeless as well as customers and employees of the junk yard. NPR'S Edward Lifson reports that those who attend the services say they don't need a pristine setting or a church to find God. (8:00) (IN S