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Noah talks to Tod Marks, Senior Editor at Consumer Reports Magazine, who writes the monthly Recalls column. They discuss the process of recalling consumer products. He says the number of people who respond to a recall tends to rise with the price of the item. He also says automobiles are the easiest item to recall, because there are records of who bought them.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that other countries are following the example set in the U.S. and suing tobacco companies to recover health care costs. Cases are already pending in South America, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Commentator Baxter Black talks about a professional homeless person and her dog.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on Internet companies aimed at Latin America that are setting up shop, not in their native countries, but increasingly in Miami. They're doing so mainly because it's easier to get to Latin America from Miami than anywhere else. But Davis also says doing business from Miami helps alleviate traditional rivalries among Latin American countries.

Commentator Frank Deford has words of praise for Jerry West, who's retiring from a 40-year career in basketball, as player, coach, and executive. West announced on Monday that he's retiring as Vice President of Operations for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Host Howard Berkes talks to Ted Sorensen, former special counsel and speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy, about the selection this week of Senator Joseph Lieberman to be Vice President Al Gore's running mate. Sorensen was part of Kennedy's 1960 campaign, the last time a candidate's religion played a role in an election. Kennedy had to fight anti-Catholic bias to win the Democratic nomination and the presidency.

Moscow Times reporter Natalya Yefimova reports that an explosion ripped through a crowded underground walkway in central Moscow today, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens more. Police said the blast was apparently caused by a bomb planted in the passageway beneath Pushkin Square. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, although the mayor of Moscow was quick to suggest Chechen rebels might be to blame.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow on yesterday's bomb blast that killed seven people and injured several others. Two suspects were arrested today in connection with the explosion that ripped through an underground walkway in Pushkin Square.

From member station WABE, NPR's Josh Levs reports on the case of Alabama marijuana grower Ronnie Chandler, the first person sentenced to die under the federal drug kingpin law. Chandler was convicted of ordering the murder of a man who told authorities about Chandler's drug dealings. But the only evidence the prosecution had linking Chandler to the case was a statement by the gunman, who now says he lied about Chandler's involvement. Chandler's attorneys are petitioning for a new trial.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from London on Cuban photographer Alberto Korda's lawsuit against a British ad agency for using his world famous photo of Cuban Revolutionary Che Guervara to sell vodka. Korda snapped the picture in 1960 and later gave it away to an Italian publisher. The lawsuit argues that Korda's copyright has been infringed, even though it seems as if the photo is in the public domain.