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From member station WFCR Susan Kaplan reports on Booksense.com, a web site developed by the American Booksellers Association. The site allows readers to order books on-line through independent bookstores in their area. So far, about a hundred and fifty stores have signed onto the site, and that number is expected to double by the end of the year.

Aileen LeBlanc of member station WYSO reports from Xenia, Ohio, on a tornado that hit the city shortly after seven o'clock last night. The storm flattened buildings and knocked down power lines. One person was killed, and over a hundred were injured.

Fires continue to rage across the west - the nation's worst fire season in more than ten years. This morning Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck met with fire strategists at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. He is now touring fire lines and assessing the situation. From KBSX in Boise, Sadi Babits reports.

Shorey's, a Seattle legend, is closing its famed bookstacks. In business since 1890, the landmark bookstore is now doing 60% of its sales on line. So owners are shutting down a local landmark and becoming a web-only service. Christine Arrasmith of member station KPLU in Seattle reports.

Hard-line Israeli conservatives rallied in Tel Aviv today in the largest demonstration in Israeli history. They want to oppose any concessions by Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the Camp David Peace Talks. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports, that's the opposition is not necessarily the majority sentiment in Israel.

As many as 25,000 people from around the world have joined in the fight to put out the wildfires in the western United States. Even with the abundance of manpower, the problem remains — there is a lack of skilled workers on the front line. Kathy Witkowsky reports from Montana's Bitteroot Valley on the what kind of skill and training are needed to fight the fires raging in the West.

Linda talks to Wendy Taylor, editor of PC Computing Magazine. Taylor talks about the software which has been halting trade on "E-Trade," and the overload gridlock that plagued Victoria''s Secret''s much publicized on-line runway show.

Every answer contains an object that can be found in a kitchen. For example, to "Star of Legally Blonde who won an Academy Award for her role in Walk the Line," you'd say, "Reese WitherSPOON."

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is not only a Maya Angelou book but a line from what poem? Get your AP literature on as former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky reads clues about poetic book titles.

Today is Cinco de Mayo, a day of celebration for Mexican-Americans, and among the foods found at fiestas today is a dish called menudo, which is prepared from tripe. Tripe is the inner lining of a cow's stomach. NPR's Ina Jaffe sent us this report about a California company that manufactures menudo in a can.