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Linda talks with Richard Galpin, a reporter for the BBC in Jakarta, Indonesia, about the evacuation of U.N. workers from West Timor after thousands of rioters stormed the office, killing at least three workers. Galpin says the rioters were angry about the death of an Indonesian militia leader yesterday.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the tall tales about word origins, and how hard they are to eradicate.

TV Producer Bill Moyers. His new series, On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying, explores the way people's lives end in this country. Most people die alone and uncomfortable, in a hospital, instead of at home surrounded by those they love. The four-part series premieres Sunday September 10th. Check local listings for times. For more information, look at the show's website at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/about/index.html

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the latest analysis of problems within the Los Angeles Police Department. An independent attorney was brought in to analyze the department's own inquiry into its troubled Rampart Division. Today, he made his first report on his findings. It wasn't good news for the LAPD.

A company called Foveon has developed a new computer chip for digital photo technology. The new chip allows twice the resolution of a 35-millimeter camera. The resolution is so good, that a four-by-eight-foot enlargement of a picture shows no dots -- or pixels -- in the image. Linda talks with Greg Gorman, a Los Angeles based photographer who tried out the prototype camera chip.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Amman, Jordan that there seems to be little prospect that a Mideast peace accord -- even if one is reached -- would permit significant numbers of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes. The issue is heightening tensions between native Jordanians and Palestinians, who make up an estimated 60 percent of the population.

Charles de Ledesma reviews Essence, by "A Guy Called Gerald." His real name is Gerald Simpson, and he has been a major force in the evolution of electronic dance music over the last 10 years. On his latest effort we hear "the next new thing" in electronica, which is toning down the fast and furious dance beats, and letting sumptuous female vocalists take center stage, with a slower, dreamier sound. (4:00) Essence by A Guy Called Gerald is on the Studio K7 label.

Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Called one of the greatest improvisers in the history of jazz, Jarrett was famous for his wildly passionate solo recitals. In 1996, Jarrett came down with a mysterious illness-- an interstitial bacterial parasite-- that caused him to stop performing for about two and a half years. Jarrett has started performing and recording again, but he still keeps a low public profile, so his condition will not worsen again. His newest CD, Whisper Not (Universal Classics), will be released next month. His other recent CD, Melody at Night, With You, was a solo album Jarrett recorded at his home studio in rural New Jersey.

TV critic David Bianculli gives us his thoughts on last night's Emmy Awards.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that even as the fires are doused in the west, the debate over how best to manage the nation's public forests is heating up in Washington, DC. While both sides sound like they agree on the best policy, when they get down to the details of policy, they may still be miles apart.