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Chicago Public Radio's Edie Rubinowitz reports on Aaron Patterson, a Illinois Death Row inmate who claims he was tortured by police into confessing to a murder years ago. The Illinois Supreme Court recently agreed to allow an evidentiary hearing in the case and he could be the latest on Death Row in that state to be granted a new trial.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on how this session of Congress is winding down. Legislation that was expected to pass earlier this year including a patient's bill of rights and a prescription drug benefit for seniors seem to have lost momentum. But a minimum wage increase and the China Trade bill still have a chance at becoming laws.

As the U.S. Open tennis championship moves into crucial late rounds, all eyes are on stars like Pete Sampras, Venus and Serena Williams and Martina Hingis. Reena Advani reports there are also other performers out there on center court -- the ballboys. Unlike tennis players, when ballboys do their job well, they go virtually unnoticed.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on Deutsche Telekom's bid to buy two US based telecommunications companies. Some lawmakers say the deal shouldn't be allowed because Deutsche Telekom is headed by a foreign government.

BBC's Charles Scanlon reports on the resurgence of Japan's economy. During the April-to-June quarter Japan's economy expanded one percent. According to the Economic Planning Agency the inflation adjusted increase in gross domestic product from the previous quarter translated into a four point two percent annual growth.

NPR's David Welna reports on mercury contamination in scores of suburban Chicago homes. Government officials are pressuring the Nicor Gas company to speed up its inspections of more homes that could be contaminated. The mercury was apparently spilled when the company and its subcontractors removed old-fashioned mercury-filled gas pressure regulators.

Jeff Lunden reports that Cats Broadway's longest-running show, closed last night after almost 18 years. The final performance was given to an invitation-only crowd at the Winter Garden Theater in New York.

The debate over whether the Anasazi ancestors of today's Pueblo people were cannibals has gone on for forty years. John Nielsen reports that new evidence from a long hidden Anasazi Site called Cowboy Wash near Sleeping Ute Mountain in Colorado has added new spice to the debate. The research is published in this week's edition of the science journal Nature.

Linda talks with Richard Galpin, a reporter for the BBC in Jakarta, Indonesia, about the evacuation of U.N. workers from West Timor after thousands of rioters stormed the office, killing at least three workers. Galpin says the rioters were angry about the death of an Indonesian militia leader yesterday.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that even as the fires are doused in the west, the debate over how best to manage the nation's public forests is heating up in Washington, DC. While both sides sound like they agree on the best policy, when they get down to the details of policy, they may still be miles apart.