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The Republican platform committee has crafted an agenda that preserves some existing conservative planks while also adopting positions to fit the campaign agenda of presumptive party nominee Texas Governor George W. Bush.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports Texas governor George W. Bush's campaign for president as he heads toward this weeks GOP convention in Philadelphia. The prospective Republican nominee has been appearing at rallies in states where his party has struggled in recent presidential elections. Yesterday's tour stop found Bush in Louisville, Ky.

GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona arrived in Philadelphia a day early to address the Shadow Convention, an unofficial gathering focused on campaign finance reform and poverty reduction. McCain urged his followers to turn their support to Governor Bush, which drew heckles from some in the audience. NPR's Lynn Neary reports from the University of Pennsylvania campus.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Air France Concorde jet crash eyewitness Jaime Ritchie; British Airways pilot John Hutchinson on the Concorde; President Bill Clinton after the conclusion of the Camp David summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat; Tiger Woods, upon winning the British Open, his fourth Grand Slam championship; Cary Sherman, senior general counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America on the music-swapping website Napster; Napster's attorney David Boies; Governor George W. Bush of Texas announcing his selection of former Defense Secretary Richard Cheney as his running mate.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from the Republican presidential campaign trail in Wyoming, where Texas Governor George W. Bush's vice-presidential choice, Dick Cheney, is already deflecting attacks from democrats. They point to Cheney's congressional voting record as evidence that he's a hard-line conservative.

He's got sex appeal, Latino heritage, and his family hopes that will translate into political pizazz among Latinos and the young. NPR's Phillip Davis reports George P. Bush, the 20-something son of Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his Mexican-American wife, is going on tour on behalf of George W.

Texas Governor George W. Bush made it official today: former Defense Secretary Richard Cheney is his choice for vice president. Cheney joined the Texas governor for a press conference today in Austin. NPR's Steve Inskeep was there.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about the possibility that Texas Governor George W. Bush will choose former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney as his running mate. Bush is expected to make the announcement today.

Quinn Klinefelter of member station WDET reports that promoters of the Detroit Grand Prix are hoping to move the car race from its current home on Bell Isle to a proposed site at the state fairgrounds. Michigan's Governor John Engler supports the idea, but Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer is opposed. Archer says although he supports a new site, the proposed fairground location, would cause too many problems for the surrounding residents.

Host David Wright speaks with political analyst Stuart Rothenberg about what a Republican vice presidential nominee must bring to a Bush ticket. Governor Bush is expected to name his running mate in the next few days.