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Alan Lipke reports on the Polk County Juvenile Bootcamp in entral Florida. Although shock/incarceration programs have been around for a hile, this is the first program designed exclusively for female juvenile ffenders.

THANKSGIVING THOUGHT: Essayist Diane Roberts reflects on the onflicts and commonalities of Thanksgiving's myth and history.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that often, serious debate on Capitol Hill doesn't get a whole lot of news coverage, for it is the partisan stuff that really attracts the journalists. But that doesn't mean that members of Congress don't put aside politics and really dig into an issue in a serious manner. Kenyon found one such example this week in the House Judiciary Committee, which debates issues of refugees and political asylum.

THE NEW "WOMEN IN MUSIC HALL OF FAME" INDUCTS ITS FIRST HONOREE TODAY IN NASHVILLE. SHE IS THE LATE MIRA SMITH, WHO FOUNDED AND OPERATED RAM RECORDS IN THE 50'S AND 60'S IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. HER FRIEND AND SONGWRITING PARTNER MARGARET LEWIS IS ACCEPTING THE HONOR. ALEX CHADWICK ASKS MARGARET LEWIS ABOUT HER FRIEND, MIRA SMITH.

Daniel talks with Adam Raphael, author of 'Ultimate Risk', about the financial crisis the British insurance company Lloyd's of London is currently facing. Raphael says Lloyds, known for 300 years as a reliable and respected feature of British establishment, is now caught in a scandal of corruption and fraud that will cost investors millions. And will have ramifications for insurance companies in the United States as well. The book's publisher is Four Walls, Eight Windows in New York.

BETH FERTIG REPORTS ON NEW YORK CITY'S NEW CHANCELLOR WHO WILL LEAD THE NATION'S LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM.

Trevor Rowe reports from the United Nations that as leaders of the world gather for the 50th anniversary meeting of the General Assembly, nations are questioning whether the UN's peacekeeping operations are on track...or outmoded.

HURRICANE VAN: Tropical storm Sebastien is just the latest in this usiest hurricane season ever. Essayist Van Williamson has been waiting atiently, and may finally get his wish: "Hurricane Van."

A sound portrait of the Texas State Fair, produced by Bill eeble of member station KERA in Dallas. The Fair is the largest in the country, nd ends today.

Liane Hansen speaks with Wallace Clayton, editor and publisher of he Tombstone Epitaph, which reported the shootout at the OK Corral 114 years go this week.