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Host Bob Edwards talks with commentator John Feinstein about the highlights of last night's game, and the Yankees ever-more impressive legacy.

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Sheehan reviews the new film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.

A strong man who has overcome such ordeals as a drug addiction, self immolation, and six marriages, Pryor is determined to overcome his most recent battle with multiple sclerosis. We replay this interview in conjunction with the October 17 release of the Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968-1992).

He started the band in 1964 with his brother. They are said to be the pioneers of the rowdy garage band genre of rock music. Just released is the new CD The Kinks: Come Dancing: Best of the Kinks 1977-1986 (Koch). This 18-track retrospective covers the most commercially successful era of British band, and features songs hand-picked by Ray Davies. Among the tracks are Come Dancing, Catch Me Now I'm Falling, Rock and Roll Fantasy, and Living on a Thin Line, with live versions of their two most classic numbers, Lola and You Really Got Me Now. (originally aired 10

Anne Sutton from member station KTOO reports on a tax revolt of sorts in Alaska. The state has the lightest tax burden in the nation. But property owners say they still suffer under the weight of excessive property taxes...They've successfully placed an initiative to cap property taxes on next month's ballot. (4:53).

Commentator Meghan Daum says she has trouble figuring out the meaning behind the finger wave...a polite, one-digit salute given by one Midwestern driver to another as they pass on the highway.

NPR's Margot Adler talks with J-K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. Rowling is still surprised by the success of her series. Millions of Harry Potter books have been sold in more than 25 countries and her characters have been used to name everything from city streets to winter storms. Book five is on the way.

NPR's Robert Siegel reports from Madison, Wisconsin on efforts by Al Gore and Ralph Nader to woo the same left-wing voters. Wisconsin has been solidly Democratic in the last three presidential races. But there, as in a handful of other states, the three-to-five-percent of the vote that polls show Nader may win could be enough to give George Bush a victory. Siegel talks to people in both the Gore and Nader camps, as well as Democratic voters who turned out to hear Al Gore yesterday and Nader supporters who turned out to protest Gore's appearance.

NPR's David Molpus reports on the concept of "human capital." In the information revolution, companies are learning to value how well their workers work, not just on how much they produce. Turning intangibles such as work-group harmony and employee retention into published assets.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Seoul where the rapid move towards peace with North Korea is leaving some South Koreans uneasy. Despite their president's recent Peace Prize and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's visit, there is a feeling more time is necessary to heal the distrust of the last fifty years.

Commentator Edward Wheatley says 600 years after Chaucer's death, the father of English poetry is still having an effect on the lives of people who don't even know his name. Words that he was the first to use are still part of the language.