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American scientists sometimes complain that they are underfunded and underappreciated. But compared to researchers other countries, they have it pretty good. In Russia, for instance, one physics experiment has been attacked by thieves trying to steal precious metals. In this week's science wrap-up NPR's David Kestenbaum took a look at happenings overseas.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the surprising Chicago White Sox baseball team: surprising that they're playing so well, and because very few people in Chicago seem to care.

JOHN C. REILLY CONTINUED.Guest film critic HENRY SHEEHAN reviews the new film –Girl on the Bridge.—12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next archive edition of fresh air, actor JOHN C. REILLY. Hes currently starring in –The Perfect Storm.— He also starred in –Magnolia,— which was just released on video. Join us for the next fresh air.

Peru's President Alberto Fujimori was sworn in for an unprecedented third term on Friday. Thousands of protesters clashed with police in riots that killed six people trapped in a burning bank. NPR's Madelit del Barco reports.

Mid-summer is the busiest time of year for America's traveling circuses. These family-owned businesses play rural towns and county fairs across the country. Stiff competition from movies and television has forced circuses to be leaner and more efficient - but the allure of clowns and elephants and trapeze artists still draws a good crowd. Reporter Brian Mann spent the morning recently with a circus as they prepared for a show.

Napster has won a temporary reprieve. A federal appeals court stayed a lower court injunction that would have effectively shut down the song-swapping service used by millions. NPR's John McChesney reports.

A new poll by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government shows that a significant number of voters who say they will vote for Mr. Bush or Mr. Gore also say they might change their minds. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

One hundred years ago this weekend, Italian-American Gaetano Bresci assasinated the King of Italy, Umerto I. Scott speaks with Robert Viscusi who is a professor of English at Brooklyn College and President of the Italian-American Writers Association about the event.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Reverend Franklin Graham about his life and his ministry. Graham stands poised to inherit his father's Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

Scott talks to Chicago fire commissioner James T. Joyce about that fire deparment's decision to retire the fire pole.