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In John Sandford's new thriller Broken Prey, middle-aged Minneapolis police officer Lucas Davenport takes time out from crime-solving to compile a list of the top 100 rock songs for a road trip.

The Kansas Board of Education is arguably the most controversial in the country -- at least outside of Kansas. Its highly publicized stand on evolution in the science curriculum brought the state international attention and criticism. But the board members say they're representing their own strong convictions, and those of their constituents.

A report by Save the Children singles out northern Uganda as a center of childhood conscription by the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group there. Eighteen years of civil war in the region have displaced approximately 2 million people. David McGuffin reports from Gulu in northern Uganda.

in Washington. Major differences between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat remained unresolved. Further talks are set for this weekend on the Israeli-Gaza border.

of Mideast leaders at the White House yesterday. There was little indication that any progress was being made to ease the tensions caused by last week's violence in the West Bank and Gaza.

Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, and Kevin Merida of the Washington Post, discuss the book Come On People, co-authored by Bill Cosby and Dr. Alvin Poussaint. Dyson has been a vocal critic of Cosby, calling him an out-of-touch elitist. Dyson and Merida talk about the plight of black men and where to find common ground with Cosby.

In 1988, students at Gallaudet locked the gates of the Washington D.C. campus in protest of the university's new, hearing president. The takeover ended with appointment of a popular, deaf dean, I. King Jordan, to the post. Now, Jordan is leaving. His legacy: a school that's made communication easy for a culture that's all too often isolated.

Authorities ordered 1.8 million people to evacuate the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Dennis approached. NPR's Chris Arnold in Mobile, Ala., talked with some of the people who had to do so.

elections in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem with the latest on the Israeli-Palestinian confrontation. (3:30) [2] Simon/Israel: Scott Simon talks with Heim Shibi (HIME SHEE-BEE), Washington correspondent for the Israeli newspaper Yediot Arhonot (YE-di-ot Ar-NO) about international reaction to fighting in the West Bank and Gaza. [3] Gjelten: NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on alleged misdeeds of Haitian authorities who are being supported by the United States.

Linda Gradstein reports on the opening session of the Palestinian Council, the legislative body elected in Palestinian elections earlier this year. On the streets of Gaza, there is widespread support for Yasser Arafat, but people also said they understood the frustration that led to four suicide bombings in the past 12 days.