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Robert talks to Sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the British Open golf tournament. Tiger Woods is in the lead. Fatsis talks about the unique challenges of playing the links course at Saint Andrews, and its diabolically deep sand traps. Weather has been unusually calm, making things a bit easier on the players. Robert and Stefan also take note of the US Women's Open tournament being played this weekend.

A report just published by the Centers for Disease control says the number of deaths from heroin overdoses has more than doubled in Seattle and Portland over the last few years. Jeff Brady from KOPB in Portland visited a local drug treatment center and filed this report.

Commentator Douglas Rushkoff is extremely computer savvy. But in trying to help his mother buy a computer, he realized the computer has a long way to go before it becomes a reliable household appliance.

Noah talks with Douglas Couvertier, Battalion Chief for the Miami-Dade Fire Department about his campaign to LOSE the race for city council. His name will be on a ballot for the newly formed town of Southwest Ranches in Broward County this Tuesday. But Covertier found out that Miami-Dade law would require him to quit his job as a firefighter if he wins. So, now he's out asking the electorate to not vote for him.

Special Counsel John Danforth says the government did not cause the deaths of 80 members of the Branch Davidians in their compound near Waco, Texas, in 1993. Danforth has released an interim report that says government agents did not start the fire, did not shoot at the Davidians, did not improperly use the military and did not engage in a major cover-up. He does say the government was slow to give some information, but when it finally did, that information did not indicate wrongdoing. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports.

Noah talks with Stacy Schiff, the biographer of Antoine De Saint Exupery who wrote Le Petit Prince. It's a children's book that was translated into nearly 100 languages and widely known in English as The Little Prince. There's a new edition of the biography in print now, for what would be Saint Exupery's 100th birthday. And there's also a new English translation, as well. (5:30) Saint Exupery: A Biography, by Stacy Schiff is published by Da Capo Press, ISBN# 0306807408. The Little Prince, translated by Richard Howard, is published by Harcourt Brace Trade, ISBN# 152023984, May, 2000.

Commentator Mario Livio reflects on "The Little Prince," and the search for extraterrestrial life.

With triple-digit temperatures in much of the South for two weeks running, the battle to stay cool is getting serious. Some people are heading for the deep freeze to escape the heat, others to shelters. NPR's Joshua Levs has this report.

Internet message boards increasingly are used by investors to trade information about companies and executives running them. Often the messages are highly critical and may even include inflammatory opinions. Some executives claim their stock value has been ruined by such attacks and their personal reputations shattered. Now some are seeking to sue these anonymous message board authors for libel but first must win access to the identity of the critics. The dispute raises questions about freedom of speech on the internet. NPR's Phillip Davis has a report.

Noah speaks with Jim Dale, the actor and voice behind the Harry Potter books on tape. For the latest in the series, Dale had to create 125 voices -- and unlike other books he records, he was unable to read this one through to the end. This meant he was making up voices and not always remembering when one voice sounded like another. His voices come from the famous, like John Houseman and the not so famous, like past girlfriends.