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The last time the monument's height was measured was in 1999. And with scaffolding in place for earthquake repairs, engineers have a rare opportunity to take official measurements of the iconic obelisk.

This week's GOP convention is giving America a nightly view of the current Republican Party, under complete command of President Trump.

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland makes his first rounds on the Hill Thursday to meet with senators in person. But the only appointments on the schedule are with two Democrats. He has no meetings with Republicans yet.

The last time Philadelphia hosted a political convention, it was 1948, and the city got three for one: Republicans, Democrats and the Progressive Party all gathered there. Although the Progressive Party would place last in the election, it sponsored one of the livelier conventions, with singalongs led by Pete Seeger and Paul Robeson. Many of the reforms it advocated were later adopted. Host Jacki Lyden talks with John Hyde, co-author of a biography of Henry Wallace, the Progressive Party Nominee. (American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace, by John C. Culver and John Hyde, W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 03930

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Long Beach, California, where the Reform Party convention has split in two. Supporters of Pat Buchanan control the convention hall. Yesterday they refused entrance to delegates for John Hagelin, so Hagelin's supporters moved to another site, at a theater next door. It now appears there will be two different Reform Party presidential candidates.

Commentator Lenny Kleinfeld went to a party thrown by the LA Times for actors who've played journalists on screen. Unfortunately, he couldn't find any of the high-profile actors.

Where insurgents arose with a clear claim to being Tea Party favorites, they have lost. In many cases, they have flat-lined weeks before the primary.

In today's episode, you'll hear about the new way to contact emergency services in Tazewell County. And a new book takes a closer look at Illinois' highways and byways. Plus on this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Andrew Morgan, founder of the Penguin Project, talks about their upcoming production of 'Footloose' the musical - youth edition.

Linda speaks with former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm. He is currently the director of the Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues at the University of Denver and supports running a third party candidate for President under the banner of the Reform Party. He feels neither the Republicans nor the Democrats are facing the most serious issue before Americans today: how to cut back the middle class entitlements of Social Security and Medicare as the baby boom generation ages.

Toni Morrison's 1987 work Beloved is the best American novel of the past quarter-century. That's according to a vote of writers and critics who were invited to weigh in with their choices by The New York Times Book Review.