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Commentator Baxter Black is awestruck by the power of wildfires.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that the Chicago chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Republican Presidential Candidate George W. Bush. Some say the endorsement is meant as a political statement against city's current administration. Police have been upset with Mayor Richard M. Daley because of on-going contract disputes. Daley's brother, William, is Vice President Al Gore's campaign chairman.

Aaron Alpern of Wyoming Public Radio reports from Laramie on the damage that wildfires have done to the tourist industry in Wyoming over the summer. National news coverage scared visitors away, even from areas that was not in immediate danger.

John Miller reports from Lima, Peru on public reaction to President Alberto Fujimori's surprise announcement of a timetable for new elections. Fujimori is resigning from office because a bribery scandal involving intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Several Deceptions by Jane Stevenson.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on George W. Bush's campaign stop in the Midwest. Yesterday, the Republican candidate released a 15-page pamphlet that outlined his plans to benefit the middle class, and called his rival's tax-cuts "wrong."

Artistic director for the Houston Ballet, Ben Stevenson. He's been with the ballet for over 25 years, turning it into a premiere dance company. The New York Times' dance critic said of Stevenson, (he) "is one of the most original figures in the development of regional ballet in America." Stevenson's own choreography for the Houston ballet include the full length works: Swan Lake, Cinderella, Peer Gynt, Dracula, and Cleopatra. Stevenson is a native of Britian.

Dr Zahi Hawass, Director of excavations at the ancient cemetery at Bahariya Oasis, 200 miles outside Cairo. Known as "the Valley of the Golden Mummies," this area in Egypt has yielded over 100 mummies just in the last year. Hawass will talk about these recent archaeological discoveries. Hawass also lead the teams that discovered the tombs of the workmen who built the pyramids. His new book is called Valley of the Golden Mummies (Harry N. Abrams Inc.) Hawass is currently a visiting professor at University of California at Los Angeles.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from London that the Royal National Theatre is currently presenting a feat never before undertaken. It is staging -- simultaneously -- Alan Ayckbourne's twin plays House and Garden. Actors move back and forth between two theaters, racing from one stage to the other to hit their cues. Audiences, though, can view only one play at a time. Ayckbourne calls the twin farces "a modern morality play."

Principal dancer for the Houston Ballet, and the first African-American to be a principal dancer, Lauren Anderson. She began studying at the ballet's academy at the age of 7, and working with Stevenson at the age of 11 when he was hired by the ballet. Stevenson choreographed Cleopatra, for her.