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Albany, NY – It's another edition of Vox Pop Medical Monday. Infectious disease is the topic of the day. Host Alan Chartock welcomes Dr. Martha Lepow to Studio A.

Albany, NY – Congressional Quarterly's David Hawkings joins Alan Chartock in the Congressional Corner to discuss the 2006 elections, Connecticut's Rob Lieberman, and who might be the 2008 presidential nominees.

By Glenn Busby

Albany, NY – UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY PRESIDENT, KERMIT HALL IS CONTINUING HIS VISIT IN NANJING, CHINA THIS WEEK. TODAY HE AND WAMC'S GLENN BUSBY, TALK ABOUT CHINA'S FOCUS ON SCIENCE AND MATH, AND HOW THE U-S CAN BENEFIT FROM CHINA'S PROGRAMS.

By Julia Taylor

Kingston, NY – School-lunch prices in the Northeast region are reported to be on the rise. For example, The Hyde Park, New York, School District is raising the price of lunch in the fall. The district's food administrator says a push for healthy food is the reason. WAMC's Julia Taylor has more.

Albany, NY – Alan Chartock talks to John Clifton, the New York Libertarian Party's chosen candidate for governor. Clifton, a Queens social worker and Navy veteran, lays out his platform, which includes legalized drugs, preventing eminent domain abuses and a cap on the state income tax. Also touched on is a repeal of the restaurant smoking ban.

By Jessica Bloustein

Albany, NY – A major Upstate New York hospital center is now taking measures to prevent unnecessary billing of its patients. WAMC's Capital District Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein has more:

Albany, NY – Word For The Wise #3025--07/14/06: Vive La Republique!

By Glenn Busby

Albany, NY – University at Albany President Kermit Hall is back, and this time with Jim Hargett, a Professor of East Asian Studies at the University. Today Hargout & Hall discuss the technological focus at Chinese Universities and the University at Albany.

By Carrie Saldo

North Adams, MA – Angelina Jolie is expected to play the wife of Daniel Pearl in an upcoming film, about the Wall Street Journal reporter murdered while working in 2002 in Pakistan. Pearl cut his teeth as a journalist in the Berkshires. With More, WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief, Carrie Saldo;