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Linguist GEOFFREY NUNBERG looks at how some proper nouns, lose their capital letter status, but in exchange gain a coveted slot as common nouns.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.

AS THE AFTERMATH OF THE BOMBING IN OKLAHOMA CITY CONTINUES TO UNFOLD, SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S LEGAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT NINA TOTENBERG ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS SO FAR.

THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS WHERE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE MISSING IN THE BOMBING WAIT TO BE NOTIFIED. SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH DR. DAN NELSON, CHILD PSYCHIATRIST AND COORDINATOR FOR ALL THE ACTIVITY AT THE SIT.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. 6:14 This week's on-air player lives in Syracuse, New York and listens to WRVO, s

Puzzle master Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. This week's on-air player lives in Columbus, Ohio and listens to WOUB, Athens

NPR's John McChesney reports on wildfire, an automated phone system which unlike voicemail will be able to find you anywhere in the country.

2: DR. JODY HEYMAN, physician, and author of the new book Equal Partners: A Physicians Call for a New Spirit of Medicine (Little, Brown & Co.) She chronicles her own story of turning from physician to patient overnight after suffering a seizure and consequent brain surgeries. The extremes of care she received revolutionized her perception of a physicians role in patient treatment.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Daniel talks with Mark Kincaid who until recently worked for the Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) - an independant state agency that monitors how insurance companies operate. OPIC recently conducted a survey of insurers doing business in Texas on those companies confidential underwriting guidelines. In many cases, Kincaid says, insurance companies will disqualify applicants for seemingly groundless reasons, such as working in casinos or beauty parlors.