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A federal appeals court today decided to keep former Los Alamos nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee in jail, in response to a Justice Department request. A lower court federal judge had ruled last week that Lee should be allowed to return home, but will remain under house arrest until his trial on charges of breaching national security. The Justice Department asked for more time to prove that Lee's release would be a threat to national security. Critics of the investigation and Lee's defense team allege that Lee was targeted as an espionage suspect by federal agents because of his race. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports.

Ina Jaffe reports a massive new residential development planned for northern Los Angeles County has been halted by court order. The judge ruled that the developer couldn't prove there was enough water for the anticipated 70 thousand residents. Experts predict more such cases as the population of California grows and water gets harder to come by.

Robert talks with Barry Eisenstein M.D., Vice President of Science and Technology for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, about his hospital's participation in creating an international tissue bank. They will be asking patients for permission to sell tissue left over from surgery. The tissue will be used by scientists worldwide for genetic research.

Robert and Linda have a quick compendium of words that might be useful for anyone travelling to Australia for the Olympics.

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

Jack Larson was Jimmy Olsen, the cub-reporter on the original Superman TV show. Since then he's become a librettist, poet, and playwright. One of his poems The Relativity of Icarus was part of a Joffrey Ballet. He's also written a couple of versed plays, The Candied House, and Cherry, Larry, Sandy, Doris, Jean, Paul. (REBROADCAST from 4

Commentator Lenore Skenazy has some thoughts on the history of wine and beer inspired by a museum visit.

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

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.

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.