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NPR's Eric Weiner reports officials in Sydney, Australia hope the upcoming Olympic Games will boost tourism and investment for years to come. Despite the excitement, Australians are not nearly as enthusiastic about the games as they were seven years ago when Sydney won its bid to play host. Cost over-runs and scandals involving Olympic officials have taken a toll.

Phil Donahue host and creator of The Phil Donahue Show which originally went on the air in 1967 in Dayton, Ohio. It went into syndication in '69, moved to Chicago in '74, and then to New York before going off the air. Donahue's show gave rise to the daytime talk shows of today with audience participation and outrageous guests. (REBROADCAST FROM 11

Alison Richards of NPR News has the third part in her series on Osteoporosis. Patients with osteoporosis now can be diagnosed with a bone density scan, and there are more drugs and therapies to treat it. But that wasn't always the case. Because osteoporosis -- meaning porous bones -- develops in silence, doctors needed a way to detect the disease. They were helped by research done in the 1950's by the old Atomic Energy Commission. The commission was looking at ways to prevent atomic fallout from getting into bone. That early work on bone biology was dusted off to help 21st century sufferers of osteoporosis.

Alex Trebek, host of the game show Jeopardy. He's been hosting the show for years. And he's played himself as host of Jeopardy in a number of TV shows including, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Ellen, The Larry Sanders Show and many others. (REBROADCAST from 9

Scott talks to Lionel Barber of the Financial Times about a Swedish company's effort this week to buy the London Stock Exchange.

Patients with advanced cancer and heart disease are among those who have had to wait for surgeries and other procedures as critically ill, unvaccinated COVID patients strain the medical system.

Russia's three days of voting for its parliament and city governments begin Friday. This political season has seen unusual tactics to keep Putin's opposition from running and off the ballot entirely.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on the man believed to be the mastermind behind one of the world's largest animal smuggling rings: Anson Wong. Wong was indicted in 1996 after he supplied undercover agents with hundreds of black market reptiles, including Komodo Dragons. He was arrested two years ago in Mexico, and now is in U.S. custody.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports on some entrepreneurs who expect major innovations in the way electricity is generated. One venture capital firm, Nth Power, is investing in new technologies that may produce more efficient, cleaner energy. Founders Maurice Gunderson and Nancy Floyd believe that deregulation of electrical utilities has great potential for everything from hydrogen fuel cells, to natural gas refrigerators that can cool food and heat houses at the same time.

NPR's Richard Knox reports that scientists have decoded the genome for the bacterium pseudomonas aeruginosa. The bacterium can be resistant to all antibiotics, and is often fatal for burn victims and people with cystic fibrosis.