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The annual meeting of the Southern Baptists today voted on a revision on their statement of faith. The new language reiterates the Southern Baptist Convention's opposition to homosexuality, abortion, racism and pornography and says that the office of pastor is reserved for men. NPR's Lynn Neary reports from the convention.

Barbara visits a local hospital, and talks to men who are about to become fathers for the first time. She talks to them as they wait for their wives to have their babies in the Birthing Center at Columbia Hospital for Women, in Washington DC.

Commentator Mario Livio says since the 16th century, human beings have learned much about the universe, helping us realize our own insignificance. But at the same time, says Livio, it is those very discoveries that have given the Earth importance.

Democrats have a deal on revised voting rights legislation, but a major roadblock remains in the evenly divided chamber with Republicans ready to halt the bill's progress.

The Pew Research Center has been tracking key facts and figures on U.S. Latinos for years. Here are some of the latest highlights.

France has refused to join a newly formed community of democracies, stunning participants from 107 other countries at a conference in Warsaw, Poland. Robert talks to Fareed Zakaria, Managing Editor Foreign Affairs magazine, about the French position.

Historian Fernando Cervantes marshals an enormous array of primary and secondary sources to tell the story of the decades that followed Christopher Columbus' arrival to the New World.

Noah talks with Frankie Andreau, a bike racer on the US Postal Service Team in the Tour de France, about his role in the race. Team work is crucial in the Tour de France and bikers are assigned different roles, like sprinters, climbers and overall workers, who support one or two leaders. Lance Armstrong is the leader on Andreau's team. The rest of the team is always working to conserve Armstrong's energy. Andreau is considered a worker, who may sprint to the front to protect Armstrong from the wind or who may drop back to get something Armstrong needs.

Noah talks with Betsy Broder, Assistant Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection. She oversees the Identity Theft program, and talks about what steps people can take to protect themselves against this type of crime. (4:00) More information on the web at http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft. The FTC's ID Theft Hotline is 1-877-ID-THEFT.

Noah talks with sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the US Olympic Track and Field trials in Sacramento, California. There will be eight days of competition over the next ten days. Track is gaining popularity as the Summer Games approach, and nearly 20-thousand spectators are expected for the trials. Stefan talks about some of the athletes that we'll be hearing about in the competitions.

Jacki talks to writer Jim Knipfel about his memoir, Quitting the Nairobi Trio, (JP Tarcher 2000). The book is a darkly comic story about Knipfel's time spent in a Minneapolis psychiatric ward.

In the second of her three part series on Jerusalem, NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that Israelis living in what was once Arab East Jerusalem are nervous about the potential outcome of peace negotiations with the Palestinians. There are reports that Prime Minister Ehud Barak is prepared to cede some of the city's remaining Arab neighborhoods to a future Palestinian state. As Camp David winds up its eighth day of discussions between Palestinians and Israelis, the question of who controls Jerusalem is the potential deal breaker of any peace agreement.

Music reviewer Reuben Jackson talks about pianist, composer, and band leader Myra Melford's latest CD Dance Beyond the Color. Jackson says Melford has infused the jazz landscape with originality and vision since her emergence in 1991 — and this CD continues in that tradition. (4:00) Please note: The CD is produced by Arabesque recordings.

A new report from the Surgeon General calls for sweeping measures to reduce tobacco use. Among them: higher taxes on tobacco products and tighter regulation of marketing and sales. NPR's Jon Hamilton has a report.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on Internet companies aimed at Latin America that are setting up shop, not in their native countries, but increasingly in Miami. They're doing so mainly because it's easier to get to Latin America from Miami than anywhere else. But Davis also says doing business from Miami helps alleviate traditional rivalries among Latin American countries.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on Firestone's announcement today that it is recalling six-and-a-half million tires of a type that has been linked with 46 deaths. The tires are used on light trucks and sport utility vehicles, and have been blamed in accidents that involved the tread separating from the tire casing. The incidents have occurred mainly in southern states in hot weather. Most of the tires have been installed on Ford Explorers.

Noah talks to Tod Marks, Senior Editor at Consumer Reports Magazine, who writes the monthly Recalls column. They discuss the process of recalling consumer products. He says the number of people who respond to a recall tends to rise with the price of the item. He also says automobiles are the easiest item to recall, because there are records of who bought them.

Commentator Adriana Trigiani loves to shop on the Internet, and she especially loves a bargain.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from London on an angry public debate over whether pedophiles should be publicly identified. Street mobs have forced wrongly accused men into hiding. Police blame lurid accounts of pedophile crimes in the tabloid press.

NPR's Ted Clark reports thaT Venezuela's nationalistic President Hugo Chavez is set to be the first elected head of state to visit Iraq's Saddam Hussein since the Gulf War. U-S officials are clearly displeased and have sought to pressure him not to visit Baghdad. Chavez, who was just re-elected under a new constitution he helped draw up, is touring OPEC countries to urge a summit and appears to be enjoying showing his independence from US policy.