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NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on the new Mexican Congress. Its new session opens today.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports on a child-endangerment case making waves in Massachusetts. Out of concern for her unborn child, the state has detained a woman whose religion doesn't acknowledge modern medicine. Now women's rights advocates are worried the decision may have far-reaching implications for the possibility of more rights for unborn children.

Janet Heimlich reports Texas authorities are taking a "softly, softly" approach to a stand-off with a family at the center of a custody dispute. The family has barricaded itself into a homestead on 47 acres in a remote area of eastern Texas. The family is drawing support from militia groups.

The FBI today arrested a man suspected of putting out a phony press release that sent a high-tech company's stock plummeting last week. As Jim Zarroli reports, authorities said the man made nearly $250,000 on the scheme.

Bernd Klosterfelde talks about his new CD, Nie Mehr Allein (Alone No More), released in Germany last February. The CD is a compilation of household sounds intended to evoke the presence of a non-existent partner. Klosterfelde came up with the idea after his divorce. He says the disc can be used to make one feel less lonely, or to remind one of how annoying a partner can be. Klosterfelde says an English version will be released soon. (4:45) The label is Delta Music.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the Natural Law Party's nominating convention in Northern Virginia. John Hagelin is the party's candidate for president. He's a quantum physicist and the student of a transcendentalist. With a platform that includes campaign finance reform, crime prevention and abortion rights, party members believe Hagelin has a chance to win in November.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports from Montana, where everyone from loggers to firefighters is trying to understand the forces combined to make this such a terrible wildfire season -- and what dangers lie ahead.

Host Renee Montagne talks with GQ Magazine author and columnist Peter Richmond about the upcoming National Football Season, which begins on Sunday.

Eric Roy of member station KCRW reports on a new member of the Mexican House of Representatives -- he's a Los Angeles resident and a Mexican citizen.

Comedy writer Larry Gelbart. In the 1950s he was part of a team of television writers that included Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and others who wrote for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour. Gelbart went on to develop and write for the television version of M*A*S*H. Also, he wrote the screenplays for Oh, God! and Tootsie, and the stage play for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (which has recently been revived on Broadway). (REBROADCAST from 8