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Carrie Kahn of member station KPBS in San Diego reports on the case of eight teenagers accused of attacking several elderly Mexican migrants. The teens, most of whom are white, are being tried as adults under a new California law...but the teens lawyers...and some in the community think that's too harsh.

Liane reads a selection of items from recent newspapers.

From the Crazy Horse Monument in South Dakota's Black Hills, flutist Lakota George plays a native song.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks with host Jacki Lyden about today's decision by the PLO to postpone a declaration of statehood for at least two months. PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat had said the Palestinians would formally declare statehood on September 13th.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that a new study of hurricanes in the U.S. shows many more people have died far inland than along the coasts when storms hit. That's because storm surges catch them by surprise, in their cars.

NPR News Correspondent Howard Berkes visits with his father-in-law and tells the story of one family farmer who first plowed his fields with a team of horses and now is trying to start a co-op to turn corn into ethanol, an effort to get better prices for crops while producing a cleaner fuel. (7:38) NOTE: (Puzzlemaster Will Shortz is off this

From Deadwood, a gold rush town of the 1880s that turned to casino gambling in the 1990s to seek economic stability, NPR Correspondent Margot Adler tells a story about the power of myth, legend and reinvention in the West.

NPR Reporter Guy Raz took a drive through South Dakota's East River region and found a mix of multi-generation ethnic groups preserving the language and customs of their homelands while making their lives in the New World.

Mitch Teich of member station KNAU reports on the efforts to get the Havasupai tribe hooked up to the Internet. The Havasupai make up the only town inside the Grand Canyon. But steep canyon walls and extreme weather have made Internet access difficult until now.

Liane looks out across the Missouri River from a spot where Lewis and Clark camped on the expedition to explore a passage to the Pacific Ocean.