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Jacob Greer had been on the lam for six years, trying to avoid child pornography charges. But officials finally caught up with him on Monday.

President Bush's budget proposal calls for significant changes to Medicare and Medicaid.

David Bosselait's usual order is a coffee for himself, and a doughnut hole for his horse named Jackson. During the weekly trip, Jackson gets a lot of attention.

Lisa talks with Dr. Erin Blake, curator of art at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington about a newly discovered portrait of William Shakespeare, that shows his face in a new light.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with former TV talk show host Mike Douglas. The Mike Douglas Show ran in syndication from 1961 to 1983, first from Cleveland, then Philadelphia, and finally Los Angeles. The show was famous for its variety of guests. Douglas writes about his life in television in a recently published memoir, I'll Be Right Back: Memories of TV's Greatest Talk Show (Written with Thomas Kelly and Michael Heaton/Simon & Schuster, 2000).

The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, produce a profile of Laila Ali, daughter of famed boxer Muhammad Ali. Tonight she enters the ring with Jacqui Frazier, daughter of another renowned boxer, Joe Frazier. Both women compete professionally, but their match is a lot more than professional - it renews their fathers' historic rivalry.

On Jan. 22, 1991 three AIDS activists snuck onto the set of the CBS Evening News. John Weir, one of those men, spoke on AIDS community television about getting the attention of the nation.

More than 200 years ago, a Russian aristocrat from St. Petersburg made a journey to Moscow. Aleksandr Nikolaevich Radishchev took notes on what he saw and turned his reporting into an impassioned plea for reform. In this five-part series on All Things Considered, join NPR's Anne Garrels as she recreates Radishchev's journey.

Reggae — with its island rhythms, religious roots, and frequently political messages — has held its place as a popular musical form for more than a quarter century. Today, on the 20th anniversary of Bob Marley's death, NPR's Tom Cole looks back at the history of the genre.

Writer William Loiseaux faints -- frequently. He has done quite a bit of scientific, linguistic, cultural and historical research on the act of fainting, and has come to feel proud of his "gift." He's written a treatise of sorts on the topic. It's called In Defense of Fainting. William Loizeaux's essay was originally published, in a much longer version, in The American Scholar.

In the second part of his interview with blues guitarist Eric Clapton, NPR's Tom Cole talks to Clapton about what the musician calls his "first language"--- the blues.

Lisa visits the Public Theater in New York for a rehearsal of Top Dog/Underdog a new play by Suzan-Lori Parks. The play features two guys named Lincoln and Booth who live in a claustrophobic New York apartment. It's directed by George C. Wolfe, and stars Jeffrey Wright and Don Cheadle.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on the growing number of radical eco-terrorist groups. These groups advocate sabotage and economic injury as the only ways to get the attention of the organizations they are fighting. The extreme strategies of these groups -- from arson to the mass destruction of bioengineered plants -- have some in the field afraid to go to work.

Noah Adams talks with Marty Justis, Director of the Americanism and Children and Youth Division of the American Legion, about "The Flag Code." The code was voted into law by Congress in 1942, establishing rules for displaying the American flag.

Journalist David Brock, who attacked the credibility of law professor Anita Hill, now says he printed lies about Hill following her testimony against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Nina Totenberg talks to Brock about the confession, detailed in a forthcoming book.

The economy's been slowing lately -- but the news doesn't seem to have reached homeowners yet. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports that the soaring real estate market has many Americans investing in their homes, instead of the stock market.

NPR's Christopher Joyce reports that scientists working in an Ethiopian desert have uncovered a small boxful of bone fragments and teeth that they say may be the oldest human ancestor.

An industry trade group reported that manufacturing activity in the U.S. fell in July for the 12th straight month. In California's Silicon Valley, big companies that helped create the high-tech boom are shedding thousands of jobs.

The original music video network, MTV, turns 20 today, and host David Kestenbaum reports on its influence on the music industry and American pop culture. Some call it revolutionary, but critics blame MTV for cheapening music by emphasizing image over art. Regardless, the network has had a huge effect on music, film, television... and millions of American teenagers.

NPR's Robert Siegel spoke with Mary Anne Weaver, who penned a profile of Phoolan Devi, the wildly popular member of India's Parliament. The 1994 Indian movie Bandit Queen, which told the remarkable story of Devi's life, solidified her image as a heroine to members of India's lower castes.

Host Cheryl Corley talks with author and NPR Commentator Bebe Moore Campbell about her latest book, What You Owe Me. The story of betrayal and reconciliation centers on the hot marketplace for African-American beauty products and takes its characters from the late 1940's to the present.

In the first of a two-part series on the FBI's past directors, NPR's Barbara Bradley profiles J. Edgar Hoover, the bureau's best-know director. Hoover reformed the FBI's reputation for scandal and corruption and pushed it to a new position of prominence. But his accomplishments have been largely overshadowed by his later abuses of power.

In the first of a two part series, NPR's Howard Berkes reports on how drug smuggling across the U.S.-Mexican border is affecting desert communities in Arizona. Local police say their resources are limited and residents are becoming increasingly fearful of the trade.

NPR's Madeleine Brand reports from New York on how high fashion is surviving in the world of business. Three conglomerates dominate the fashion world, and that can make life extremely difficult for independent designers.

Polls show that Americans are worrying more about their personal privacy. With easy access to personal information via the Internet and computer databases, are threats to privacy worse than ever? NPR's Bob Garfield ponders privacy issues.