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It's pronounced "kwa-ha-ha" and the last one of these died in Amsterdam on this day in 1883. This subspecies of zebra from southern Africa was hunted…

The previous clerk quit. In an email announcing her resignation, she said the job was "atrocious" and "incredibly depressing."

It's the first Saturday of the month and host Jacki Lyden and writer Paul Auster bring you the National Story Project from Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. Interested in submitting a story? Send your stories to: PMB 206 123 7th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11215. You can also email your submission to NationalStoryProject@npr.org. And for more information on the National Story Project and to read this month's stories please visit the National Story Project area.

- Daniel visits The Palm Restaurant in Washington, DC to talk with executive chef, Sang Ek (sang ehk) about how he makes his light and crispy French Fried Onion Rings. Part of the secret is in its simplicity. Sang Ek emigrated to the United States from Cambodia and began work at The Palm 23 years ago. His first job at the restaurant was washing dishes. (11:00) Or they can e-mail us at: WATC@NPR.ORG).

Robert Siegel talks with Dave Lawrence, moderator for the Internet discussion group news.announce.newgroups about the midnight deadline for approving a new group focusing on white-power music. As an e-mail campaign rages to stop the creation of this new group, Lawrence explains that this isn't the first such campaign, and won't be the biggest one he's seen. If groups want to avoid a vote of approval, they would merely join the alternative discussion areas for the Internet. But this, according to the proponent of the white-power music group, would mean being relegated to the "fringe" of the Internet.

2: Newspaper columnist and the etiquette expert, JUDITH MARTIN (otherwise known as Miss Manners). Her new book is "Miss Manners' Basic Training: Communication" (Crown News) about the social issues of the technological age dealing with phone answering machines, e-mail, and cyberspace.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry chooses Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina as his running mate. Edwards, who challenged Kerry for the presidential nomination, was the popular choice of many Democrats. The decision was announced this morning via an e-mail the campaign sent to Kerry supporters. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley and NPR's Michele Norris.

In 2023, 7.6% of U.S. adults said they align themselves with the LGBTQ+ community, compared to 3.5% in 2012, the first year Gallup collected such metrics. That figure has grown every year since 2012.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Nancy Rotering, the mayor of Highland Park, Ill., about the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in which six people died. Police say a person of interest is in custody.