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We are in the home stretch of round four of our Three-Minute Fiction contest. Judge Ann Patchett is reviewing the best of the entries. And while she does, we're bringing you weekly excerpts of some of our favorite stories so far. This week's passage is from a story called "Pearl Cadillac" by Mike van Mantgem of Eugene, Ore. It's read by our own Linda Wertheimer.

Temperatures are soaring this summer and NPR's Scott Simon does not like it one bit.

The American League Championship Series begins tonight. Writer Kate Tuttle says Roger Angell's 1988 collection of essays, Season Ticket, is the perfect accompaniment to the postseason.

Democratic members of Illinois’ congressional delegation are urging the IRS to move ahead with plans for a new print and mail management facility in Bloomington. A congressional staffer told WGLT that the project was targeting downtown Bloomington and could create several hundred jobs.

Working from a Greenwich Village storefront, Bonnie Slotnick helps reconnect people with rare and out-of-print cookbooks... and their own childhood memories.

A year after Hurricane Katrina, many homeowners in Gulf Coast still haven't received insurance money or government grants for rebuilding. Much of the reconstruction work in Louisiana and Mississippi is being done by faith-based volunteers.

The harrowing climax in The Stoning of Soraya M. shows the graphic death of an innocent woman. The film's director and star say the scene — and the story — are tragically real.

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will seek a new five-year term in elections scheduled for Oct. 6, brushing aside opposition objections and concerns about his waning popularity. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup, has signaled his intension to resign his post as army chief if re-elected.

In Louisiana the Republican and Democratic primaries are closed, which means independents can't vote in them. With the number of registered independents in the state climbing in recent years, that means voter turnout on Saturday was suppressed.