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Host Bob Edwards talks with Dan Gillmor, technology columnist for San Jose Mercury News, about the recent meeting of ICANN -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names. The private corporation that structures the Internet has announced it will create new domain names with alternate web address suffixes besides dot-coms.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Debbie Elliott about the prospect that tobacco companies will be able to reduce or overturn the huge damage award in the Florida smokers class action suit. The companies say they will file an immediate appeal to the Friday jury verdict, which awards 145 Billion dollars in damages to smokers whose health was harmed by smoking tobacco products.

Commentator Richard Rosenfeld compares the upcoming presidential election to the election of 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were running against each other. Rosenfeld says back then, gun control was also a big issue.

Linda talks with William G. Gale, a Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution about the tax burden on Americans 20 years ago, compared with the tax burden today.

Commentator Diana Nyad says she thinks we ought to take a closer look at the ecological impact golf courses have on the environment.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Bogota on the radio program in Colombia that broadcasts messages to people who've been kidnapped. Colombia's National Radio Network airs the program, called Voices of Kidnapping. Family members are allowed to record messages to their loved ones, as long as their words are upbeat and don't criticize either the kidnappers or the government. An estimated two thousand people have been kidnapped in Colombia so far this year.

Barbara Plett reports for the BBC that Bashar al-Assad officially becomes president of Syria today. Al-Assad takes the oath before parliament as president of Syria after winning an overwhelming vote in a nationwide referendum to take over the post held by his late father Hafez for 30 years.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the upcoming Reform Party convention being held in Long Beach. In contrast to the Democratic and Republican convention, the Reform Party has two candidates vying for the party's presidential nomination. Ex-Republican Pat Buchanan is the clear favorite, but many expect John Hagelin, who's already the nominee of the Natural Law Party, to field a substantial challenge.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the prospect of Congressional opposition to peace's price tag looms over the negotiations at Camp David.

Up until a few short weeks ago, Whittier, Alaska - a small town of 300 or so people could only be reached by rail. But now - the tunnel which links it to the rest of the state has been opened to vehicle traffic as well. As Anne Sutton reports, tourists are taking advantage of this and rushing to view the former army post. But what they're finding there isn't quite what they expected.