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A woodchuck spent ten ecstatic days in Commentator David Budbill's garden before Budbill shot it, to preserve his vegetables. Budbill grieves for the woodchuck and for himself.

A Connecticut TV station reported the outbreak of "Hump Day" popularity at a local middle school school. Here & Now finds out what the fuss was about.

New York Times ethicist Randy Cohen and host Jennifer Ludden discuss the implications of unreported day care.

NPR Music's Song of the Day features a new track every weekday, with analysis of the music, links to each artist's Web sites and, of course, a chance to hear the song itself. Here, Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson talks about recent selections by A Hawk and a Hacksaw, John Forte and Volcano Choir.

NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews the Iranian movie, The Day I Became A Woman. It tells the stories of a young girl, a young woman and an older woman in Iran, and their places in society. It opens today.

Host Bob Edwards takes a look at the festivities that will occur in schools today, to celebrate Read Across America Day. It appears that many school principals are willing to go to great lengths to get their students to read more.

Catholic priests in Southern California undertake a day of public penance to express their regret for church sex scandals. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports Tamil rebels and Sri Lankan troops have agreed to a cease-fire for two days. Aid workers will immunize children against polio during the truce, and also encourage the children to attend school.

Daniel talks with NPR's Tom Goldman who is covering the Olympic Games in Atlanta.

George W. Bush is at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, today, while Vice President Al Gore is resting up for a 24-hour Labor Day "workathon." Peter Kenyon traveled with Governor Bush. He reports that the attacks against Mr. Gore increased as the week went on.