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NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the latest developments in the huge Firestone tire recall, including more fatalities in crashes likely related to the defect. At the same time, eight-thousand U.S. Firestone workers are threatening to strike parent company Bridgestone. And the Venezuelan government is considering criminal charges against both Ford and Bridgestone.

Linda talks to Ehren Fried Libach, President of The Quantum Group in Tustin, California about the uses for recycled tires. Of the 270 million tires scrapped each year in the United States, about 114 million are mixed with coal and used as fuel. Rubber playground mats are also made from recycled tires.

Janet Heimlich reports Texas authorities are taking a "softly, softly" approach to a stand-off with a family at the center of a custody dispute. The family has barricaded itself into a homestead on 47 acres in a remote area of eastern Texas. The family is drawing support from militia groups.

The FBI today arrested a man suspected of putting out a phony press release that sent a high-tech company's stock plummeting last week. As Jim Zarroli reports, authorities said the man made nearly $250,000 on the scheme.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the Natural Law Party's nominating convention in Northern Virginia. John Hagelin is the party's candidate for president. He's a quantum physicist and the student of a transcendentalist. With a platform that includes campaign finance reform, crime prevention and abortion rights, party members believe Hagelin has a chance to win in November.

Eric Roy of member station KCRW reports on a new member of the Mexican House of Representatives -- he's a Los Angeles resident and a Mexican citizen.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports on a child-endangerment case making waves in Massachusetts. Out of concern for her unborn child, the state has detained a woman whose religion doesn't acknowledge modern medicine. Now women's rights advocates are worried the decision may have far-reaching implications for the possibility of more rights for unborn children.

NPR's Neal Conan tells the story of Alison Bly, the so-called Dynamite Lady of minor league baseball. As part of his twice-monthly series Play-by-Play Conan watches Bly shoot across the sky as part of the ball park entertainment.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled in favor of ballot language to reimagine the Minneapolis police department in the upcoming election. Early voting begins Friday.

President Clinton today announced he will defer to his successor on the nation's missile defense system. The president said he would allow research and development work on the $60-billion proposal to go forward. But Mr. Clinton also said he would defer construction and deployment decisions to the next White House resident. Steve Inskeep of NPR News has a report.