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NPR's Chris Arnold reports on the new reality behind dot com companies. In the Internet's early days, being the first company to offer a service was thought to guarantee success. Now, competition means the best company will win. A large number of dot coms are expected to fold because investors have become more cautious over which company gets their investment.

Commentator John Ridley has an open pitch for a television show for the people who run the networks.

Commentator Amy Dickinson writes about sibling rivalry. She knows that sisters are often rivals. But in the case of the Williams sisters, it is especially hard, because there is always a winner and a loser.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on the vandalism of a reform Jewish center by apparent Orthodox Jews. The attack was the second in as many weeks on a non-Orthodox religious building in Israel.

Host Bob Edwards talks with reporter Nick Thorpe in Budapest about efforts by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to change the country's constitution. This would allow him to run for re-election next year, which the constitution currently forbids, as well as change the balance of power in the parliament to give Serbia more control.

Josh Levs reports from Nuremberg, Germany, that the city notorious for Nazi party rallies and war crimes trials is trying to re-make its image, hoping to attract tourists and foreign investors. City officials have taken great pains to educate the public about the horrors of the Nazi past. They are trying to paint a new picture of their city as a liberal, forward looking community.

A plan by Seattle scientists to use caffeine to trace human waste pollution has been abandoned because of the large amount of coffee being dumped into the sewage by motorists and espresso-cart operators. NPR's Noah Adams talks to Jonathan Frodge, Limnologist with King County Lake Assessment Program.

Scott Horsley of member station KPBS in San Diego reports the first region in California to completely deregulate its electric industry is now facing sky-rocketing electricity bills. Consumer advocates in San Diego have asked state officials to re-impose price controls after the price of electricity more than tripled this year.

The BBC's Elaine Lester reports on the centuries-old conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Against the backdrop of recent calm there, the yearly march of the Orange Order seems more heated than in years past.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on a new type of aviation navigation technology that will help prevent one of the most common reasons for plane crashes - miscalculating how far the plane is from the ground.