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Commentator Heather Lende talks about an Alaska man who was recently cleared of a crime for which he served four years in prison in the 1970s. Phillip Jackson, a Native American, was convicted of arson 30 years ago. He was too drunk to remember whether he had set fire to a school in Haines, Alaska. Recently, another man confessed.

Fathers. They call us silly nicknames, they teach us how to ride a bike, how to check our oil (even better, how to change our oil). They listen to our…

Most Americans looking for a place to vacation in the summer go to the mountains, or the sea shore, or a lake... Someplace where the scenery is beautiful and the weather is cool. Another place that's packed every summer: Death Valley National Park on the California-Nevada border... usually the hottest place in the country. This time of year, the overwhelming majority of visitors come from Europe..... and they consider Death Valley a don't-miss part of their tour of the American West. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that one of British television's most successful mystery series, Inspector Morse, comes to an end on US public television tonight. Colin Dexter's character makes his final appearance. The Jag-driving, Wagner-loving melancholy inspector has investigated 81 murders in Oxford, England, over the course of the 13-year series.

Gordon Parks is the legendary African-American photographer known for documenting the lives of the poor, and for being the first black staff photographer for Life magazine. Jon Kalish reports that last weekend, Parks celebrated his 90th birthday in New York City with a group of African-American photographers from around the country.

As the hospice movement in America observes its 30th anniversary, John Biewen of American Radioworks offers an audio portrait of one of the more than 900,000 Americans expected to benefit from hospice care this year.

It is with great honor and appreciation that we pay homage to those who have served and continue to serve in our Nation’s Armed Forces. In celebration of…

Presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore slept only a few hours last night following their debate in Boston and their respective midnight victory rallies. This morning each candidate returned to the breakneck pace of recent campaigning, each scheduling events in three states. We have reports from both campaigns, beginning with NPR's Steve Inskeep, who is with the Bush camp. NPR's Anthony Brooks then covers the Gore campaign.

President Bush is devoting his second week in office to promoting the role of non-governmental organizations in providing social services. The President contends that religious and community groups often do a better job at meeting human needs and should have access to public funding. Today, Mr. Bush laid out a few more details of his program and visited a private vocational school in Washington D.C. NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea reports.