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NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the $8-billion project to restore Everglades National Park. The effort in Florida will be the largest environmental restoration project in the nation's history, but there are serious questions about whether it can work. (6:00)

Commentator Dick George has been feeling the drought in Maryland. Now the family's well has gone dry and it is time to drill a new one. The cost can be high and it is a big gamble. (2:00)

A new study by the World Health Organization examines 26 risks to human health and suggests that the average lifespan can be increased by five to 10 years if countries take steps to battle major health risks in each region. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

A child molester lives down the street from commentator Hollis Gillespie. Her friend Larry is getting obsessed with catching him doing something wrong, but Hollis is obsessed with protecting her daughter. (3:30)

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss. His new book is The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 (Simon & Schuster). In the book he reveals new information on how the Allies won World War II and the efforts behind the scenes of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin to ensure that post-war Germany would never produce another Hitler. Beschloss researched newly opened American, British and Soviet archives for the book.

As the holiday shopping season approaches, a new study shows consumer confidence plunging to a nine-year low. But some economists question the survey result. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

Snigdha Prakash reports on new documents showing that drug giant Parke Davis promoted the use of neurontin for pain treatment, even though it was not approved by the FDA for that use. Documents come from a trial underway in federal court in Boston.

John visits the Schaghticoke Indian reservation, located in western Connecticut, near the town of Kent. The Schaghticoke are seeking federal recognition from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. They say recognition would give them access to government programs that would improve their housing, education, and healthcare. But some residents and government leaders fear the Schaghticoke will follow the lead of other Native American tribes and build a large casino in rural Connecticut.

John Ydstie talks with NPR's Philip Davis about the some 200 Haitian migrants who jumped off the freighter they were on and came ashore in Miami. They stopped traffic on a causeway. Most of them are now in detention. (4:00)

Jackie Lyden talks with NPR's Andy Bowers who is at the Anaheim Angels' victory parade. The Angels won their first World Series on Sunday and Disney, the company that owns the Angels, is hosting a home-town ticker tape parade right down Main Street in the middle of Disneyland.