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NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg concludes a month-long series on female vocalists with a profile of Rosemary Clooney, whose new album is titled, Brazil. (7:19) Stations: Rosemary Clooney's latest CD Brazil is on Concord Jazz label; ASIN: B00004TQYE

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on his way home tomorrow, President Clinton will stop off in Cairo for urgent talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about the stalled Middle East peace process. Clinton is urging Mubarak to try to get his fellow Arabs to agree to continued Israeli sovereignty over the Old City of Jerusalem, something Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat refuses to accept.

County lawmakers in Washington state are considering tighter restrictions on whalewatching. Conservationists argue the noisy boatloads of tourists are contributing to the mysterious decline in numbers of the orca whale population. From member station KUOW in Seattle, Sam Eaton reports.

Robert talks to Kai Strom, the First Assistant Golf Professional at the Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Virginia, about the golf balls that are specially manufactured for Tiger Woods. A consumer group filed suit against Nike last week for an advertising campaign in which Woods endorses a Nike golf ball that he doesn't really use. The company says it will soon be selling the exact type of ball that Woods uses. Strom tells Robert that using the same ball Woods uses is unlikely to make another golfer play like Woods.

Fewer flights are being cancelled by United Airlines now that it's reached a tentative settlement with its pilots. The airline is still negotiating a new contract with the union representing its mechanics and ground workers. But Chicago Public Radio's Jason DeRose reports the carrier is already striving to win back angry travelers.

Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel by T.C.Boyle called A Friend of the Earth. It's the story of an eco-terrorist andhis family. (1:45) The book is published by Viking Press.

Vice President Al Gore took a tour of a neighborhood pharmacy today in Tallahassee Florida, then met with about 150 senior citizens to talk about prescription drug costs. Gore told the seniors they ought to demand details from his presidential rival, Texas Gov. George W.Bush, who says he wants to help make prescription drugs affordable for all seniors. We hear excerpts from the campaign today.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore are trying to stay "on message" while getting in a few jabs at each other.

NPR's Madeline Brand reports Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has made religion a central theme in his campaign appearances. But his emphasis on faith has drawn criticism from the Anti-Defamation League, among others, who say he is blurring the lines between church and state.

Charles Ray of South Dakota Public Radio reports South Dakota is the latest state to be hit with wide scale forest fires. Some of the outbreaks are under investigation as possible arson attacks.