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NPR's Jackie Northam reports on the recall of Bridgestone/Firestone tires amid concerns that the tread peels off the tire at high speeds. The company announced yesterday that customers who replace their tires as a result of the recall can be reimbursed for purchases made between August 9 and August 16.

Host Madeleine Brand talks with Natayla Yefimova of the Moscow Times about the Russian submarine stranded on the floor of the Barents Sea. Russian officials have rejected international help in raising the sub, saying their equipment wouldn't be compatible with other rescue equipment. But time is running out for the sub's crew.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on racial diversity in the Democratic Party. For more than twenty years Democrats have been showcasing diversity at their conventions, but the nomination of Joseph Lieberman has raised some questions within the African American leaders.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that officials in Poland are trying to come to terms with the truths of their Communist past. The moves come years after Czechoslovakia and Germany barred former high level Communist officials from holding office and opened secret police files to the public.

Commentator Rose Nolan says now that everyone is working they should be happy... or should they?

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Ron Davies, curator of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, about Britain and France's decision to ground their entire fleets of Concorde jets.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the second day of events at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Last night's string of high-powered Democratic speakers include Jesse Jackson, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, former US Senator and presidential candidate Bill Bradley and Congressman Harold Ford the youngest member of congress.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Gerald McLees, one of 33 sailors rescued from the USS Squalus, when it sank off the coast of New Hampshire 61 years ago. 26 of his shipmates died in the accident.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on some of the Jewish delegates who are wearing their yarmulkes on the Democratic National Convention floor.

Katie Bausler reports on Chris Clark, the only American competing in the women's marathon at this year's Sydney Olympics.