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a Democrat opposed to abortion. He want the anti-abortion position reflection in the Democratic party platform.

have reached an out-of-court settlement under which the state no longer will shackle prisoners together on chain gangs. The Southern Poverty Law Center had sued Alabama in federal court, charging the practice violated the Constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Under the agreement, Alabama will continue to use prisoners on road crews, and their ankles will be shackled together, but they won't be chained to other inmates.

The Supreme Court has ruled against the football players union, which was trying to sue the National Football League. The justices say the players may not sue on anti-trust grounds if the league imposes certain salary levels, after a collective bargaining impasse. The court says the players' recourse is to the National Labor Relations Board, not the federal courts. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports that the ruling affects all unionized workers, not just the football players.

s decision-making style, and how he's likely to apply it to some major decisions between now and the Republican convention in August.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the Senate's vote to reconfirm Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, amid criticism by some Senate Democrats that Greenspan has waged a stingy monetary policy that they say has held back economic growth.

Veta Christy reports on Connecticut's Mashantucket Pequots Indians who have built a gambling empire and now want to invest profits to build high speed ferries.

Scott talks to Joe Nocera, contributing writer for Fortune Magazine, about two money investment ideas whose origins can be traced to New England: Ponzi schemes and mutual funds.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on today's announcement that insurance regulators are ordering Prudential Insurance Co. to repay policyholders...and pay a record $35 million fine...for widespread unscrupulous sales practices at the nation's largest life-insurer.

NPR's Dan Charles explains how the kind of jet engine that exploded on a Delta flight over the weekend works, and how such incidents can occur.

A government study released today says that driving a cab is the most dangerous job in America. The second most dangerous job is being a sheriff. NPR's Melissa Block reports on how people who hold these jobs are reacting to this news. She talks with one New York cab driver who was held up at gunpoint several years ago says for three months after the attack he was too scared to drive his cab; now he never drives it at night. And a sheriff in Washington State says he's not surprised sheriffs have the second highest on-job homicide rate; he says there's a continual struggle to make the job safer, and more funding is the answer.