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Brian Wright of member station WUKY reports on the exhibit, Imperial China: The Art of the Horse in Chinese History, currently showing at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. The display features artifacts, such as chariots and harnesses, from eight dynasties, covering three thousand years. It traces the development of the horse and related artwork.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports on the rehabilitation of the child soldiers of the civil war in Sierra Leone. Not only have the children witnessed and participated in atrocious violence, but many have become addicted to drugs as a way to deal with their experiences.

Noah speaks with Desiree Cooper about her column on the death of 32-year-old Frederick Finley. The column appears today in the Detroit Free Press. Finley was strangled to death in a confrontation with security guards outside the Lord & Taylor department store in Dearborn, Michigan, two weeks ago. The melee started when Finley and his companion were accused of shoplifting. Finley was black. So were three of the guards. But the incident sparked protests led by Rev. Al Sharpton, who says the death was the result of racial profiling. Cooper discusses the role of race and the overzealousness of the security guards. She suggests that those who think race was the motivator may not yet have all the facts.

Robert Siegel speaks with Bud Collins, sportswriter for the Boston Globe about the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, where the women's final is set. In the semi-finals, number five seed Venus Williams defeated her sister Serena, seeded 8th. This is the first time in over 100 years of Wimbledon that two sisters faced one another, the second time ever. Having defeated number-one seed Martina Hingis to get to this match, Venus may have been better prepared for the finals match than her sister, who advanced against minimal competition. Number-two seed Lindsay Davenport will play against Venus, having defeated unseeded Jelena Dokic.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem on Israeli reaction to a planned U.S.-Israeli-PLO summit next week. The National Religious Party and the immigrants party both oppose the far-reaching land concessions Prime Minister Ehud Barak is prepared to make, and they say they will leave his coalition government. The two ruling parties say Barak is circumventing his own government in order to negotiate a peace deal.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about the alarming spread of AIDS in parts of Asia and Africa. Dr. Fauci will be part of the American delegation to the 13th annual International AIDS Conference, which begins this weekend in Durban, South Africa. Dr. Fauci expresses particular concern about the increasing incidence of HIV infection on the subcontinent of India.

The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers' union, today gave its presidential endorsement to Democratic Vice President Al Gore, who was on hand at the union's convention to accept. The nod was no surprise, as the NEA usually backs Democrats. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

Speaking to the National Council of La Raza in San Diego, California, Wednesday, Texas Governor George W. Bush vowed to streamline the nation's immigration progress if elected president. He said he would spend more money to create "a new standard of service" in the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports the battle over genetically modified crops is spreading to South America. Brazil and Argentina sorting out their policies, with Argentine farmers embracing some genetically modified crops, and Brazil taking a more cautious approach.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on Presidential candidate George W. Bush's appearance before La Raza. Bush told the Latino advocacy organization if he is elected president, he will reform the Immigration and Naturalization Service and set a standard for processing citiznship applications.