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John talks to Robet Sapolsky, author of the new book, The Primate's Memoir about his life studying baboons in Africa.

A study filed with federal regulators today alleges that wholesale electricity suppliers overcharged California by $6 billion in the last year. The California state power grid operator prepared the study of pricing data in an effort to seek reimbursement for the overcharges. Scott Horsley reports from member station KPBS in San Diego.

After 200 years in business, Galt and Brother jewelery store near the White House closed its doors just last week. Host Lisa Simeone takes a window shopping tour of the historic store.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the British government has called-in its military to help with the outbreak of foot-and mouth disease there. Nineteen new cases were found yesterday. Farmers are furious about the government's handling of slaughtered animals, as corpses pile up and rot. The tourism industry faces hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on President Bush's plan to cut taxes. Many members of Congress fear the plan will follow the pattern of the Reagan tax-cut in 1981, which quickly ballooned with breaks and favors for special interests.

TOM KELLEY is the General Manager of IDEO, a design firm that has created some of the most successful and well-often used products, such as the first Apple mouse, Polaroids I-Zone instant camera, the Palm V pilot, the Crest Neat Squeeze standup toothpaste tube, and the Oral-B soft grip kids toothbrush. The company is known for its innovation, cutting-edge design, and attention to how products are used in real-life situations. His new book is The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, Americas Leading Design Firm. (Currency/Doub

The Biden administration believes the resulting legislation will still be transformative, but it is far less than what the president originally proposed.

For the people of LaPlace, La. the destruction of Hurricane Ida was on another level. And that has some residents considering moving away before the next one.

NPR's John Nielsen has talked with researchers who went into the north woods and threw wolf dung at moose, and reports that moose can't distinguish it from shinola. That's bad because the scent of wolf should scare moose away. With wolves being reintroduced into the wild, moose had better learn. The researchers are happy to report that, eventually, they do. They're not stupid, just forgetful.

Noah Adams talks with horse and cattle veterinarian Dr. Luther Mc Connell. Dr. Mc Connell is currently rehabilitating a baby moose who was found along side the body of his dead mother near the town of Dusty, Washington.