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Commentator Baxter Black talks about a professional homeless person and her dog.

Howard Berkes talks with author Stephen Pyne about a series of wildfires that burned through the rockies in 1910.

Commentator Frank Deford has words of praise for Jerry West, who's retiring from a 40-year career in basketball, as player, coach, and executive. West announced on Monday that he's retiring as Vice President of Operations for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Charles Michael Ray South Dakota Public Radio reports on an annual biker rally that brings new life to a struggling mid-western town.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on Firestone's announcement today that it is recalling six-and-a-half million tires of a type that has been linked with 46 deaths. The tires are used on light trucks and sport utility vehicles, and have been blamed in accidents that involved the tread separating from the tire casing. The incidents have occurred mainly in southern states in hot weather. Most of the tires have been installed on Ford Explorers.

Noah talks to Tod Marks, Senior Editor at Consumer Reports Magazine, who writes the monthly Recalls column. They discuss the process of recalling consumer products. He says the number of people who respond to a recall tends to rise with the price of the item. He also says automobiles are the easiest item to recall, because there are records of who bought them.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on Internet companies aimed at Latin America that are setting up shop, not in their native countries, but increasingly in Miami. They're doing so mainly because it's easier to get to Latin America from Miami than anywhere else. But Davis also says doing business from Miami helps alleviate traditional rivalries among Latin American countries.

Commentator Adriana Trigiani loves to shop on the Internet, and she especially loves a bargain.

Moscow Times reporter Natalya Yefimova reports that an explosion ripped through a crowded underground walkway in central Moscow today, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens more. Police said the blast was apparently caused by a bomb planted in the passageway beneath Pushkin Square. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, although the mayor of Moscow was quick to suggest Chechen rebels might be to blame.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on a growing Buddhist movement in a seemingly unlikely country -- Mexico. He visited a Buddhist monastery in the western state of Vera Cruz. It's resources are being stretched by the growing popularity of its teachings.