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NPR's Noah Adams speaks to Amy Cook, a teacher at Irving Middle School in Pocatello, Idaho, who led a local group to construct a symbolic cemetery of white crosses for U.S. soldiers who've died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

On the campaign trail, terrorism and the economy dominate this election cycle, eclipsing one issue that clearly differentiates the presidential candidates, the environment. Hear NPR's Elizabeth Arnold.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with "John," a soldier with the U.S. National Guard in Iraq, who keeps track of the birds and other creatures he has seen while on duty, and posts his observations on an internet "blog."

Five NBA players and several fans involved in last month's fight at the Detroit Pistons-Indiana Pacers game are charged by the prosecutor in suburban Detroit. Most are charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. One is charged with a felony. Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio reports.

Tim Edgar of the American Civil Liberties Union says the intelligence reform bill headed to the president envisions new restrictions on privacy and individual freedom. Edgar tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that one of the bill's provisions creates a national standard for drivers' licenses -- a potential step toward a national ID card.

The U.S. leads an operation against insurgents in an area south of Iraq's capital. Known as the "triangle of death," the region has been the scene of almost daily attacks on Iraqi government troops and police. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

After horror writer H.P. Lovecraft died in 1937, his friends founded a publishing house to preserve his legacy. Obscure but influential, Arkham House gave sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury and others their first big break. Wisconsin Public Radio's Brian Bull reports.

Congress passes the intelligence reform bill after a weeks-long delay in the House that threatened to kill the bill. With much attention focused on the politics behind the bill's passage, NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Sept. 11 commissioner Philip Zelikow about its substance.

Following the recent removal of the drug Vioxx from the market, lawmakers are reconsidering a portion of medical malpractice reform. Caps in the malpractice bill would affect pharmaceutical and medical product manufacturers. Democrats oppose the caps, but Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) calls the situation a "feeding frenzy" for trial lawyers. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

George H.W. Bush says his decision to seek congressional backing for the 1991 Persian Gulf War removed the threat of impeachment. NPR's Cokie Roberts interviews Bush in the last of a series of conversations with three former presidents about the Constitution.