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The summer may be for vacations and trips to the beach, but you'll likely want a good book to accompany you. We'll talk with two local experts who spend their working days reading. They'll give us their picks for the best reads of the summer.

President Bush addresses the diplomatic challenge of North Korea's missile tests at a press conference in Chicago, where he vowed to work with allies to pressure the Stalinist nation to abandon its aggressive nuclear weapons program. Don Gonyea talks with Alex Chadwick about the president's remarks.

Scientists find evidence that mice and humans may share some sophisticated emotional characteristics. It's now thought mice have the ability to be affected by another mouse's pain or suffering.

The extent of cuts which will have to be made to programs and personnel in city and county schools are coming into focus, as new information on state cuts and school enrollment comes in.

Woody Allen has a new film back on American soil, Johnny Depp plays legendary gangster John Dillinger, and director Kathryn Bigelow brings us the critically acclaimed film The Hurt Locker. We'll discuss all these films and more on this month's Film Club of the Air.

The U.S. Supreme Court addresses the question of global warming for the first time, in a case in which states are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases in vehicles and power plants. At issue is whether the Bush administration can refuse to regulate carbon emissions.

A Manufactured Controversy

Near Basra in southern Iraq, police find the body of an American freelance journalist -- Steven Vincent -- who was abducted Tuesday night and shot dead. Vincent had been living in Basra for three months while working on a book.

In September, the number of wounded U.S. troops in Iraq reached its highest monthly toll in nearly two years. Retired U.S. Army Col. Douglas MacGregor discuss what the figures say about the Iraqi insurgency.

The California Fish and Game Commission votes to establish a network of no-fishing zones. The 29 protected areas, spanning over 20 percent of California's central coast, will limit commercial and recreational fishing in the hope of restoring the coastal ecosystem. It's the largest system of marine-protected areas ever set aside in the U.S. Both environmentalists and the fishing industry take issue with the decision.