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Karen Schaefer of member station WCPN (Cleveland) reports from Sandusky, Ohio that this summer many seasonal jobs in the nation's resorts and tourist attractions are being filled, not by U.S. students, but by students from other countries.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Venus Williams, winner of the women's singles at the Wimbledon tennis tournament; President Bill Clinton; Vice President Al Gore; Texas governor George W. Bush; scientists at the countdown of the missile defense project test, and Air Force Lt. General Ronald Kadish.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr predicts that with the Pentagon, politicians and major aerospace corporations supporting the missile defense initiative, there's a good chance that, despite the failure, pressure will continue to be exerted to keep the program going.

Ten years ago, musician David Byrne followed a passion of his and started a world music label. The unassuming Luaka Bop Records was originally created to release a few Brazilian compilations, but it has grown to include music from Cuba, Africa, the Far East, and beyond. Host Jacki Lyden travels to the Luaka Bop offices in David Byrne's townhouse in Greenwich Village, and encourages him to dig out a few of the records that inspired him. (19:00) (Featured music appears on the CD's Tom Ze - Best of Tom Ze - Volume 4 [EMD/Luaka Bop Catalog # 49049]; Various Artists - Cuba Classics 3 - Diabla Al Infierno: New Directions in Cuban Music [EMD/Luaka Bop Catalog # 49028]; Various Artists - Cuba Classics 1 - Greatest Hits of Silvio Rodriguez: Canciones Urgentes [EMD/Luaka Bop Catalog # 49026]; Los Amigos Invisibiles - The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera [EMD/Luaka Bop Catalog # 49042].

Reviewer Mark Jenkins reviews the CD by Indian Sitarist Ananda Shankar and a British DJ known as State of Bengal. It's a pop mix of hip beats and Indian pop music. (3:30) Note: The CD is "Ananda Shankar and the State of Bengal." It's on the Real World Records label.

The NAACP convenes it's annual convention in Baltimore. NPR's Phillip Martin reports.

Scott speaks with gardening guru and doyenne of dirt Ketzel Levine about her move. Ketzel's moved to a new house in Portland, Oregon and, therefore, on to a new garden.

Scott reads mail from listeners.

Venus Williams beat defending champion Lindsay Davenport on Centre Court at Wimbledon today, to become the first black female to win there since 1958. Host Jacki Lyden talks to Robin Roberts of ABC News and ESPN about Venus' game and the significance of her win to young black athletes. Tomorrow, Williams joins younger sister Serena in Wimbledon's Doubles Championship match. Jacki also talks to 27 year-old Carla Perona of Compton, California, about her memories of watching the Williams sisters learn their game on the city's public courts.

The Pentagon conducted a test of an anti-missile system last night. It failed. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.