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Nancy Solomon of member station KLCC in Eugene, Oregon reports that baseball fans still flock to one of the few remaining old-fashioned baseball stadiums for the sheer joy of the game.

Commentator Mary Swander bought an abandoned Amish schoolhouse and turned it into a home. When the students returned for a reunion, she found it served as common ground between them.

From member station WABE in Atlanta, NPR's Joshua Levs reports on the sudden death of Georgia Republican Senator Paul Coverdell, who had been hospitalized over the weekend. He was 61.

Inflation remained in check last month as consumer prices rose at the same pace as in five of the past six months. As NPR's Jack Speer reports, core prices rose just two-tenths of a percent last month, when food and energy prices are NOT taken into account. Even though gas prices escalated sharply in June, many economists see inflation remaining tame and believe the Federal Reserve is successfully engineering a "soft landing" for the booming economy.

At union halls around the country, Texas workers are talking about conditions in the Lone Star State and their relationship with GOP Gov. George Bush. The roadshow is sponsored by AFL-CIO leaders, who promise an all out campaign for Bush's Democratic rival, Al Gore. Persuading rank-and-file voters to oppose Bush is but challenge one. Next they must convince workers to vote for Gore. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on earnings for the latest quarter by two major computer companies, Microsoft and Intel. Microsoft's announced earnings indicated solid growth, but analysts say they're unexceptional.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Paul Eisenstein, editor of The Car Connection.Com, about a new car buying concept called, Build to Order. Using the Internet, car buyers will be able to specify which options they want on their new car, and to get delivery in a reasonably short time, perhaps as little as a week. Presently, the dealership has to order a customized car from the factory, and it can take months to deliver.

NPR's Eric Westervelt examines the fallout from last week's video taped beating of a Philadelphia man by police. The incident has heightened concerns about police training nationwide, and is another setback for the Philadelphia Police Department, already being watched by the federal government for racial bias.

NPR's Rick Karr reports that attorneys representing journalist Eric Corley will ask an appellate court to remove Judge Lewis A. Kaplan from the federal case. Corley is being sued by eight motion picture companies in federal court for copyright infringement. The defense claims Judge Kaplan has a conflict of interest, since he once worked at a New York law firm that represented Warner Brothers studio, which is one of the plaintiff in the case. Earlier the attorneys asked the judge to recuse himself, but Kaplan refused.

Robert talks with Robert Reischauer, President of the Urban Institute in Washington D.C., about the way the government makes its surplus projections. He says it's tricky to agree on a certain number assumption to be used in making calculations. One assumption is based on changing demographics, and the other is based on projections for the economy.