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  • A follow-up test on cyclist Floyd Landis has also shown high levels of testosterone. The cycling team fired him and he may lose his Tour de France title, but he vows to fight to clear his name.
  • "A train plays" are created on NYC's longest subway line. Performers, writers, composers and directors have about a day to take a production from the first line on paper to its first performance.
  • Bringing up teenagers has never been easy. But it could be argued that today's parents have it harder than ever before, at least when it comes to regulating teenagers' access to a media landscape filled with what one critic has called an avalanche of crud.
  • Myriam Marquez, immigration editor for The Miami Herald, provides an update on the health of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the future of Cuba. Castro has shifted power, temporarily, to his brother Raul as he undergoes surgery.
  • For many weary parents of preschoolers, television can be a godsend. And some of the programming might even be educational. But some experts say that even the most positive children's television can carry messages that aren't good for children.
  • Floyd Landis faces the loss of his Tour de France title if doping suspicions prove to be accurate. But as Landis awaits the results of a second test, he is worried that his reputation will still suffer, even if the results exonerate him. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Landis, who is currently in Spain.
  • In the aftermath of arrests in the alleged airline bombing plot, British Muslims warn that radicalization is a growing problem among their youth. The community is trying to reach out to its alienated young people by challenging extremist organizers. But the mainstream Muslims need government support to succeed.
  • Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits the Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of World War II's end. The shrine honors many who participated in the war, including a number of convicted war criminals. Koizumi's visits to the shrine have been greeted by protests from Korea and China, countries invaded by Japan.
  • Filmmaker John Huston -- born 100 years ago Saturday, on Aug. 5, 1906 -- made some of cinema's most enduring classics, among them The Maltese Falcon and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
  • Doctors, philanthropists and community activists meet at the International AIDS conference in Toronto, Canada, to discuss ways to fight the spread of the disease. A central topic is Uganda, whose HIV-prevention work has been held up as a model for other countries. But health workers say the Bush administration's emphasis on abstinence over condoms has hurt Uganda.
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