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David Brower of member station KRWG in New Mexico reports that two of the state's leading training centers for the blind have settled their philosophical differences and are now teaching classes together.

Russell Lewis of member station KPBS reports hot temperatures across California have led to soaring electricity demand and cost. In San Diego, the cost has forced some businesses to close and caused some experts to question the effectiveness of the state's utility deregulation.

NPR's Renee Montagne will speak tomorrow with Thomas Lynch -- a writer who is also a funeral director. Today we'll hear an excerpt from that interview. The name of the book mentioned Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality by Thomas Lynch is published by W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393049272

Co-host Madeleine Brand introduces a montage of vendors hawking their wares at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.

Host Alex Chadwick talks with French-born medical anthropologist, Clotaire Rapaille, who's made a career of studying why people decide to buy certain products or vote for particular political candidates. Rapaille says he's cracked the code to understanding American culture.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a racial discrimination suit won in San Francisco by workers at Interstate Bakeries Corporation, makers of Wonder Bread. The jury gave the workers eleven million dollars in compensatory damages, and 120 million in punitive damages.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports from McCall, Idaho that there are dozens of major fires burning in 10 western states. US Army soldiers, are preparing to join regular firefighters in an effort to contain the wildfire in the Payette National Forest. Groups of soldiers are receiving training from members of elite firefighting teams.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on Senator Joseph Lieberman's identity as an Orthodox Jew and how it might affect Al Gore's prospects for winning the Presidency. Lieberman is known for his morality and moderation. He was the first Democrat in the Senate to denounce President Clinton's sexual behavior as immoral. And he's been highly critical of violence and sex on television and in popular music.

Host Howard Berkes talks to NPR's Eric Weiner about Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid's State of the Union address delivered today before the country's parliament. Wahid asked for more time to get his violence-torn and near bankrupt nation back on its feet, pledging to crush separatists and to revamp his discredited cabinet.

One of the last surviving members of Britain's greatest generation of actors has died. Sir Alec Guinness the man of a thousand faces, died at the age of 86 after a career that spanned more than 60 years.