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A new study released today found that more than 70% of Americans with access to the Internet are using it to inform their medical decisions. Web users say they surf over 17,000 health related sites to answer questions about their health and to formulate questions for their physicians. Although there are concerns over privacy, many see this as the wave of the future. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Reports emerge on an Islamic militant Web site that insurgents in Iraq have beheaded another U.S. hostage, Jack Hensley. The group led by Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed one American captive Monday. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Randy Cohen, the New York Times Magazine ethicist, weighs in on a listener's dilemma over finding clients for his own business while at work. Paul, who works for a Web design company, wants to know whether it's ethical for him to go after clients on his own if they've already turned down the company for being too expensive.

For the first time, writers of Web logs -- online journals of news and opinion -- have been granted journalist credentials for a political convention. Bloggers at the Democratic gathering in Boston offer a more passionate, opinionated view of goings-on than that of traditional journalists. Hear NPR's Robert Smith.

Slate political Web logger Mickey Kaus shares another "phone blog." This time, Kaus criticizes how Sen. John Kerry and his vice-presidential running mate Sen. John Edwards continue to bring up current Vice President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter in debates.

An Islamist Web site posts video showing militants, led by Abu Musab Zarqawi, beheading a man identified as American contractor Eugene Armstrong. American Jack Hensley and Briton Kenneth Bigley are still held by the group, which demands the release of Iraqi women prisoners. Peter Kenyon reports.

Sen. John Kerry is expected to name a running mate soon, but the timing remains a matter for speculation. Campaign officials say the Democratic contender will make his choice known via an e-mail sent to subscribers of Kerry's Web site. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Los Angeles Times reporter Matea Gold.

On Tuesday opening statements will begin for the federal antitrust trial against Live Nation, one of the largest entertainment companies in the world.

It's the first time a Joro spider has been sighted west of the Great Plains.

Hundreds of top media, technology and finance executives gathered in Sun Valley, Idaho, this week. The annual event, canceled last year, assembles the likes of Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Warren Buffett.