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Linda and Deborah read from listeners' comments. To contact All Things Considered, the address is All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington D-C, 20001. To contact us via the Internet, the address is A-T-C at N-P-R dot ORG. (ATC@NPR.ORG) (3:00) ((ST

NPR's Howard Berkes reports from Salt Lake City on "Utahnics," which some are calling the language of Utah. It's a regional dialect although, as a linguist explains, it contains elements from other regions of the nation. In Utahnics, the words "hawk" and "hock" (as in hamhock) are indistinguishable. Utah natives also say "barn" for "born" and "born" for "barn."

Noah reads letters from listeners. To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington D-C 20001. To reach us via the Internet, the address is A-T-C at N-P-R dot ORG.

Although air bags save lives...their use poses other risks. Automakers announced today that they will send letters to all owners of cars containing airbags reminding them of the potential hazards of air bags, and how to reduce those hazards. NPR's Dan Charles has details.

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Noah talks to the sound men designing the way the lava in two new movies will sound. They created the sound for the movies "Dante's Peak," which is already in theatres, and the forthcoming "Volcano." It turns out the lava you may hear at a theatre near you could contain everything from slithering snakes to spaghetti sauce. (8:00) (S

The town council in Freeport, Maine has voted to ban the sale of mercury thermometers, after finding a high rate of mercury contamination in its rain samples. The amount of mercury in a single thermometer is about a gram, enough to pollute an average size lake. Noah talks with David Soley, Town Councilor for Freeport, Maine.

While New York City schools are phasing out coal-powered heat, New Englanders are apparently returning to coal as a way of keeping warm. Noah talks with Don Hysko, owner of Peoples Coal Company in Cumberland, Rhode Island. (3:00) Contact Peoples Coal Company at 1-800-729-5800.

Andrea Bernstein reports on a federal plan that would force General Electric to spend nearly half a billion dollars dredging PCBs from New York's Hudson River. The company says the contamination is best left in the river bottom, and it's vowing to fight the Environmental Protection Agency proposal.

In Nancy Rawles' new book, 'My Jim,' the author and teacher works to add dimension to Mark Twain's famous black character in 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' Language advisory: This segment contains language some may find offensive.

Recent studies suggest breast cancer is biologically different in African-American women compared to other groups. The implications of recent research contain both good and bad news for black women.

NPR's John Burnett in Baghdad reports on the first tentative steps by Marines to restore order in the eastern part of the city. U.S. commanders are making contact with neighborhood Muslim clergymen, seeking their help to stop the wave of looting and arson in the capital.

George Kennan, architect of the U.S. Cold War policy of communist "containment," is dead at the age of 101. Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr reflects on Kennan's remarkable -- and initially anonymous -- contribution to American foreign policy.

Barbara Damrosch of Four Season Farm in Maine speaks to Alex Chadwick about the methods farmers use to avoid E. Coli contamination in spinach.

Russia leaves Kherson. Russia imprisons Griner.

India lands on the moon. A Russian rebel dies in a plane crash.

A massive wildfire that forced 16,000 people from their homes.

Plastics have been touted as a miracle material by some, and criticized as artificial and toxic by others. But, nowadays, it's hard to imagine life without plastics: Cars, textiles, televisions, computers and food containers all have plastic parts. But synthetic plastics are a relatively new invention; production of consumer plastics didn't really take off until after World War II.

A recent study of one recycling plant found that the plastic recycling process creates microplastics that contaminate the air and water.

Are we destined to repeat our patterns, or do we generally stray in surprising directions?

Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it would provide and pay for gender-affirming surgery. The agency still hasn't followed through.

A container ship collided with a bridge in Baltimore overnight, leading to its collapse.

The governor has declared a state of emergency as a search and rescue operation is underway.

In April, the Environmental Protection Agency set aside $9 billion to help local governments with PFAS cleanup. Tucson is among the first cities to get the funding help.

New Yorker writer Jane Mayer discusses the conservative beliefs and influence of Ginni Thomas, an activist who's been associated with some groups involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.