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The Federal Reserve is projecting higher inflation this year than it had previously forecast, but says prices will cool more next year.

Five men are charged with planning the Sept. 11 attacks. When they appear for proceedings in Guantanamo Bay, people who lost loved ones that day are flown down to the courtroom to bear witness.

Francesca Gino studies rebels — people who practice "positive deviance" and achieve incredible feats of imagination. They know how, and when, to break the rules that should be broken. So how can you activate your own inner non-conformist? We kick off this year's You 2.0 series by pondering this question.

New Jersey Democrat LaMonica McIver is facing prosecution from the Trump administration after an altercation with immigration officers earlier this year.

Gert Berliner packed a stuffed monkey when he fled the Nazis as a child. He kept the toy for more than a half century before donating it to a museum, an act that led to a remarkable discovery.

Danny speaks with Dr Philip Williams, a hydrologist in San Francisco, about the dangers of building on the flood plain. He says that Californians who were flooded out this past week should take heed of the lessons learned by residents along the Mississippi river in 1993.

Zapatista Indian rebels have agreed to sign their first peace accord with the Mexican Government. It's one of six agreements that need to be negotiated to end the Zapatista rebellion, which began two years ago in the state of Chiapas. David Welna reports from Mexico City on the terms of the accord and why this breakthrough is happening now.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that Boris Yeltsin has announced he wants to continue as the Russian president. Yeltsin has apparently decided to run for re-election in June despite poor health and low ratings in opinion polls.

The death of a snowboarder buried in an avalanche is the fifth in Colorado this year. Mark Roberts reports that technology designed to locate people caught in avalanches is only useful if people cooperate. But search and rescue experts say the new breed of backcountry 'boarders and outdoor enthusiasts are risk-takers.

Life in the segregated South of the early 1960's is the setting for a new novel called The Last Hotel For Women by Vicky Covington. Reviewer Alan says the plot is brimming with both tension and grace throughout. (Simon & Schuster)

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports from Beirut on Hezbollah's hard-line stance regarding Israel. In an interview, Hezbollah's chief political spokesman said that Hezbollah would be undeterred from bombing northern Israel, despite Israel's aggressive response.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that the federal government today announced which new high-speed train system Amtrak would buy for the Northeast corridor. The train is expected to significantly reduce the time it takes to travel by train between Washington, New York and Boston.

Twelve days ago citizens of Weyauwega, [wy-uh-WEE-guh] Wisconsin were evacuated from their homes following the derailment of railroad cars carrying fourteen propane tankers. Wisconsin Public Radio's Gil Halsted reports on life at a hotel where more than fifty evacuated families have been staying.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Farshad Usyan, an Afghan photographer with the AFP, about his efforts to leave Afghanistan.

Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on the latest in dairy tech...the robotic milker. The automated system could boost milk production, as well as save a farmer's aching body from the demands of twice-a-day milkings.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Vivian Trimble and Josephine Wiggs, veterans of the two hard driving rock bands who have teamed up to form a new group... Dusty Trails.

NPR's Jon Hamilton reports that the American Heart Association has updated its guidelines for emergency treatment of heart attacks. Training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been streamlined -- and the technique is easier than ever. The heart association is also calling for wider use of emergency defibrillator machines.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on George W. Bush's campaign stop in the Midwest. Yesterday, the Republican candidate released a 15-page pamphlet that outlined his plans to benefit the middle class, and called his rival's tax-cuts "wrong."

NPR's Ted Clark reports on today's meeting between India's Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajapayee and President Clinton. The meeting is expected to improve U.S.-Indian relations, are tackling a main point of disagreement- India's nuclear weapons policies.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about the opening ceremonies at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Today, an estimated crowd of 110-thousand cheering fans welcomed athletes from around the world as they marched into the newly minted stadium.

Eric Roy of member station KCRW reports on the raising of the S. S. Catalina. The former pleasure cruiser has become a shipwreck tourist spot in Mexico, but now preservationists are planning to repair it and return it to California.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on Republican claims that Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore participated in illegal fundraising activities during the 1996 campaign. Gore ignored the allegations and stuck to his script at a campaign stop in New Hampshire.

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Chris Arnold reports that in the town of Guernville, CA, which is susceptible to flooding, many residents are putting their houses up on stilts to avoid flood damage. Some business owners fear that it could ruin the charm of the town, which depends on tourists for income.

Leda (LEE-dah) Hartman of New Hampshire Public Radio reports on New Hampshire, the only state not to honor Martin Luther King with a day of his own. This year it gets a bit uglier, as a white supremacist group from Mississippi stages a demonstration at the statehouse.