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NPR's Mark Roberts reports on how one man's threat to destroy old silver mines on his property in Ouray County, Colorado prompted the National Trust for Historic Preservation to list the Red Mountain Mining District as one of the most endangered historic sites in the country. (6:00).

Host Alex Chadwick talks to Captain Chuck Dickson of the Kern County Fire Department about the wildfire that's burning thousands of acres of pine forest in the mountains of California. The area in and around the Sequoia National Forest is sparsely populated. The small towns of Pine Creek and Kennedy Meadows have been evacuated.

A deck of cards will decide who gets to deal with government problems in Esmeralda County, Nevada, and in South Florida, the game isn't over until the judge rules.

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.

The police enforce a pregnant pause in Riley County, Kansas, and in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a sporting-goods store's advertisement reads like a cry for help.

Connecticut Public Radio's Diane Orson reports on Dave Rich's decision to sell ice cream from his farm located in Connecticut's Gold Coast, an area impacted by nearby counties' high real estate prices.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Teresa LePore, elections supervisor of Palm Beach County, Florida. The state has municipal elections Tuesday, and officials are promising none of the problems of the November election, and none of the butterfly ballots.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports on an investigation in Austin, Texas, into large bonuses paid to law clerks of the state Supreme Court by wealthy private firms. The county attorney in Austin says these pay-outs might violate Texas bribery laws.

What makes for a good laugh? To find out, Liane talks with Dr. Robert Provine, neurobiologist from the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who has done extensive research on laughter. (10:00) (NOTE: His book "Laughter: A Scientific Investigation" is published by Vi

Commentator Stephen Lynch is the pop culture critic at the Orange County Register. He says after actor Robert Downey Jr.'s latest arrest, attempts to portray him as a tragic Shakespearean hero don't make sense. He's not that great an actor.