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NPR's Greg Allen reports from Baton Rouge on concerns that the search for a serial killer may be infringing on the rights of some innocent people. DNA has been gathered from hundreds of men. The ACLU is complaining that in many cases the DNA is being given under duress and without probable cause.

Commentator Bob Sloan says CBS is bigoted for pushing ahead with its plan to create the Real Beverly Hillbillies reality TV series. He says it will only reinforce the negative perception of people in Appalachia.

Host Bob talks to Linda Robinson of U.S. News and World Report about her experience of spending a month with U.S. Special Forces in Colombia. They discuss how the Bush administration is quietly broadening the war on terrorism to include the fight against rebel groups in Colombia.

NPR s Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr remembers the American composer, Lou Harrison.

NPR's John Nielsen examines the arduous process of finding the pieces of the shuttle Columbia that have been spread across such a large area. He explains the difference between shuttle "forensics" and the investigation of plane crashes.

Two flea-market jewelers in Broward County, Fla., are arrested for using their "expertise" of precious metals for another occupation -- gluing decorative gold inlays to people's teeth.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with Mike Bell, EMS supervisor for American Medical Response in Portland, Ore. He talks about why and how he helped design an ambulance to transport patients weighing up to 500 pounds. The ambulance, called a Bariatric Unit, has already been put into service. Most of the calls they get for this unit are not 911 calls, but calls to get people to the hospital who can't be transported in cars, and need medical personnel in the unit with them.

From member station WUWM in Milwaukee, Marge Pitroff reports on a little-known provision in the education law signed by President Bush last year that requires schools to provide information about their students to military recruiters. The new requirements caught many schools and parents by surprise.

The United Nations reports that some 14 million people in southern Africa are at risk of starvation, due mostly to drought and the effects of AIDS. But in Zimbabwe, the food shortage is made even worse by a government land-reform plan that has shut most of the nation's most productive farms. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

For $3.5 million, you can roam the halls of the Los Angeles house where Freddie Krueger murdered his victims. You have until Halloween to make an offer.