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NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on regional reaction to the protracted Middle East peace negotiations at Camp David, Maryland.

NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on a new discovery in the insect world... a wasp that manages to interfere with a spider's web-building instinct for it's own personal benefit.

Host Bob Edwards talks to T.R Reid, London bureau chief for The Washington Post about the festivities in London surrounding the Queen Mother's birthday. The Queen Mum will be 100 on August 4th, and the party's already underway all over England.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports a judge in Los Angeles has ruled the city's plan to keep convention protesters away from the Staples Center violates the first amendment because it would force those protesting to go more than two football fields away from the site. City planners are now trying to come up with a new plan that satisfies both the convention and protesters.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Eric Weiner about the upcoming G-8 summit on world economy in Okinawa, Japan. Leaders from around the world gather for the three-day summit which opens tomorrow, to discuss how to ease the burden of debt and poverty of the world's poorest countries.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Sports Commentator John Feinstein about the British Open Golf Tournament, which is underway at St. Andrew's in Scotland. If Tiger Woods wins, he'll become the youngest man in golf history to complete a grand slam. At 24, Woods already has won the Masters, the US Open, and the PGA.

Charlotte Renner of Maine Public Radio reports that although their numbers are dwindling, classic lakeside camps continue to be a favorite way for kids to spend their summer vacations. Still, many camps say it's hard to stay in business because of rising costs.

Commentator John Ridley says he doesn't trust Texas Governor George W. Bush's new-found and avid interest in including minorities in his campaign. And he says the selection of three minority co-chairs for the Republican convention is no coincidence.

Singer-songwriter SHELBY LYNNE. We will listen to her songs and talk to LYNNE in studio. Her new CD, –I Am Shelby Lynne— (Universal/Island) is part country and part soul. This is the 6th album for this Alabama-born singer, but it is the first album in which LYNNE writes most of the songs. Her other albums were products of the Nashville country music scene. With this new album, LYNNE has won over critics and fans alike. LYNNE is currently touring the US. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW.)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

The House has passed two measures that would loosen the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. One would end enforcement of the ban on sales of food and drugs to Cuba; the other would end enforcement of the ban on travel by Americans to Cuba. It's uncertain that either provision will become law this year, because Senate Majority Leader Trentt Lott is opposed to any easing of restrictions against Cuba.