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In addition to smashing a longtime world record, Tatjana Schoenmaker took home South Africa's first gold medal of the Tokyo Games.

Jamie Tartt has fallen on hard times and asks to return to AFC Richmond in "Lavender," the second episode of the second season. Meanwhile, Ted continues to struggle to trust Dr. Sharon.

"Animation has been critical to the MTV brand from its inception," says MTV Entertainment president Chris McCarthy. The network helped bring adult and experimental animation into the mainstream.

Investing in a smart way can get you set up for whatever the future may bring. But where to begin? Here are a few tips for those who are just entering the world of investing.

This means they'll head to the semifinal. The U.S. is trying to become the first reigning Women's World Cup champion to win Olympic gold.

Comparing the station to the moon landing may have come off as hubristic at the time, but MTV would go on to change pop music and its impact on popular culture.

This hour, journalist Saleem Reshamwala gives us a tour of surprising people and places — Lima, Nairobi, and prehistoric New Jersey — to inspire new perspectives on travel and cultures.

Considered the first real act of great benevolence by the rock community, the Concert for Bangladesh was held 50 years ago, on August 1st, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Istanbul on Turkey's "identity crisis." Long the southeastern anchor of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...NATO...Turkey was part of the West's Soviet Union containment policy. But, the Cold War is over, Turkey is surrounded by unfriendly countries and the new prime minister comes from a pro-Islamic party.

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.

Savvy business practices have made Frito-Lay the undisputed giant of the salty-snack food industry. But critics say that the company has grown so big by undercutting its competitors, consumers will someday pay higher prices because there will be no other choice. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the business that sparked a Justice Department investigation into possible anti-trust practices within the industry.

Linda talks with Pamela Davis, a pitcher for the Colorado Silver Bullets baseball team. Last night, she became the first woman player to take the field for a sanctioned men's baseball team as she filled in during the fifth inning as a pitcher for the Jacksonville Suns in an exhibition game against the Australian Olympic team. Davis was credited with the win, in a six-to-nothing shutout.

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells about his wife, who recently offered to illustrate one of his children's stories. He talks about her skill, and how he's getting used to the idea of how good she really is at the work.

NPR's John Ydstie (IDD-stee) reports from Lyon (lee-OHN), France, where the leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations met to discuss economic issues. President Clinton resolved to put anti- terrorism measures on the agenda, though...and was successful.

The Air Force unit attacked in Dhahran was there as part of the unfinished business of the Gulf War. But the attack is not expected to generate any change in US policy in the Gulf area, or threaten US relations with Saudi Arabia. NPR's Ted Clark has a report.

In the second of two reports, NPR's Ann Cooper profiles another Russian family, how the members view their lives and how they intend to vote in next week's Presidential run-off election. Today's report is on a middle class family living in Moscow that supports Russian President Yeltsin.

Robert talks with Kenneth Crutchlow about his friend Peter Bird. Bird was the first to row a boat solo across the Pacific Ocean, and during another recent attempt, Bird went missing, and is now presumed dead. A German sea captain has reported finding the remains of the boat about 900 miles off the coast of Japan. It appears there was a freak accident -- a log floating in the sea crashed into Bird's boat and destroyed it.

Robert talks to Robert Hunter, the U-S ambassador to NATO, about changes to the structure of the organization announced today. In order to respond more effectively to post-cold war instabilities, NATO will move its focus from containing Russian influence to responding to problems within Europe. One new aspect of the plan involves "combined joint task forces" in which two or more NATO countries could form a force using their own troops and borrowing materiel from the U-S. The restructuring gives European nations a higher profile within NATO and in NATO exercises.

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NPR's Elaine Korry reports on a growing trend among some companies to file for bankruptcy when they're not really broke. Sizzler International's recent decision to seek protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code while boasting of its financial health is the latest example. Sizzler is using the rules of the Code to close some of its less profitable restaurants and legally break leases and fire employees as part of its restructuring.