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NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Ben Elgin of Business Week about the company behind the Google Internet search engine as the group moves toward an initial public offering. They discuss Google's business model and how to assign a value to the company.

This week, the Sept. 11 commission is expected to call for a new chief to coordinate the nation's intelligence agencies, including the CIA. The panel's report has not been released yet, but acting CIA chief John McLaughlin has already criticized the recommendation. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts.

Both the Bush and Kerry campaigns are making a huge investment in ads aimed at the Latino community. Bush got about one-third of the Hispanic vote in 2000 and hopes to garner a larger percentage this year. With polls indicating that many voters have already decided whom to support, both camps see the Hispanic vote as an opportunity to gain an advantage in what looks to be a tight race. NPR's John McChesney reports.

President Bush has repeatedly attacked Senate Democrats for blocking his judicial nominees. Democrats have used a filibuster to block six nominees, while confirming 198. Many of Bush's more controversial nominees are seen as an important nod to his conservative base. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Sen. John Kerry spends the holiday weekend campaigning in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, appealing to rural voters. But the presumptive Democratic nominee is not yet saying who he will choose as a running mate. Hear NPR's Mike Pesca.

Commentator Michael Eric Dyson chimes in on why he feels recent polls are showing America's growing displeasure with the war in Iraq.

In a searing 511-page report, the Senate Intelligence Committee concludes that the CIA delivered a badly flawed assessment of the situation in Iraq leading up to the war that toppled Saddam Hussein. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Two hundred years after Lewis and Clark made their trek up the Missouri, the river has gone from a raging giant to a harnessed conduit. It's so docile some environmentalists want it restored to a more natural condition. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

An explosion at a bus stop in Tel Aviv kills an Israeli soldier and wounds more than 14 people. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the attack showed the need for Israel's controversial security barrier in the West Bank, which the World Court has declared illegal. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.

Our summer reading series continues with industrial designer Karim Rashid. Known for his creations like the curvy Garbino trash can or stackable plastic Oh! chair, Rashid also designed the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia. He says what he reads inspires his work.