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While July 4 celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, WHYY's Brad Linder reports on the new National Constitution Center museum in Philadelphia that lets visitors explore the U.S. Constitution. See some photos from the center, and explore more about the U.S. Constitution.

After 40 years of working in politics, pundit Mark Shields has seen the best and worst of our democracy. But he still believes good politics and courageous politicians can benefit our society.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that archaeologists have discovered the remains of a previously unknown society that apparently thrived in caves in the Amazon about 11,000 years ago. Researchers unearthed artifacts of the culture in a cave in what is now Brazil. The discovery raises new questions about how the Americas were peopled.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Sandford Lyne (LINE) who eaches "poetry-in-the-schools" programs around the country, and has compiled Ten Second Rainshowers: Poems by Young People" (Simon and Schuster), a book of oetry by students grade three through twelve.

The March on Washington series continues with a remembrance of Curtis Mayfield's song, "People Get Ready." Although written more than a year after the march, the song evokes the spirit of the civil rights movement. NPR Senior Correspondent Juan Williams reports.

Today marks the 80th anniversary of a New York Philharmonic tradition: the Young People's Concerts. They predate the late Leonard Bernstein, but it was under the legendary conductor that the concerts became an entertaining force for a generation of American children. Some of those children are now musicians in the New York Philharmonic. Jeff Lunden reports.

A new documentary from filmmakers Lorca Shepperd and Cabot Philbrick follows nine people who collect lost and discarded photographs of strangers. From beefcake to family snapshots, these abandoned photos can sometimes bring in hundreds of dollars a piece.

Do you know which rock star was nicknamed The Lizard King? That and more animal-based nicknames are the answers to this round's questions. You'll rawr with laughter.

NPR's David Baron profiles a community where a woman was killed by a mountain lion. There have been several lion sightings in the Sierra Nevada foothills recently, even in some of the new subdivisions. Yet for many who've moved there from cities, it's part of living close to nature. Newcomers are more worried about a proposed new Wal-Mart than being attacked.

Biofuel advocate David Blume talks about common misconceptions about the use of ethanol for fuel, and about his vision for decentralized, community supported ethanol production in the United States.