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To celebrate the longest day of the year, Scott Carrier and some friends visited an obscure art installation in the middle of the Utah desert where concrete tunnels are aligned to channel the sun's rays at precise celestial moments.

A new PBS documentary titled A Lion in the House follows the inspirational and heartbreaking stories of five children living and dying with cancer in Cincinnati. Filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert discuss the project with Farai Chideya.

In a story that has enthralled many Italians, the pretender to the Italian throne, Victor Emmanuel, has been jailed over his alleged involvement in a sex scandal. The prince prefers to stay in jail rather than be granted house arrest in a nearby rented villa -- because, he says, there is no air conditioning. The lead investigator in the case, Henry John Woodcock, has become a minor celebrity. He is a Neapolitan with an English father. Transcribed wiretaps that have been published by the media reveal an underworld of right-wing politicians promising showgirls jobs in TV in exchange for sex -- which is said to take place inside the foreign ministry.

Biden is also authorizing the Defense Department to use commercial aircraft to fly formula supplies that meet federal standards from overseas to the U.S.

Police fire on protesters in Katmandu, capital of Nepal. The demonstrators violated a curfew and marched on the palace of King Gyanendra. For many protesters, the king's vow to move to a multiparty government is not enough.

Writer Dorothy Parker gave her estate -- including proceeds from her papers -- to the NAACP. But literary executor Lillian Hellman made access to Parker's work difficult. Marion Meade tells the story in Bookforum Magazine, and discusses it with Scott Simon.

The NAACP is threatening legal action to block a Nebraska law that divides Omaha's public schools into three separate districts, organized along racial lines.

A trio of backpackers set off in June to cross the Alaskan wilderness on an "unsupported" hike, carrying only the supplies they needed and vowing not to hunt or forage along the way. Of the three, only Roman Dial completed the 600-mile trek -- the adventurer talks with Alex Chadwick about his accomplishment.

The Supreme Court decision striking down the military tribunal system for detainees at Guantanamo Bay undercut a memo written by a prominent former Justice Department official, John Yoo. The memo said that detainees in the fight against terrorism were not subject to the protections of the Geneva Conventions. Steve Inskeep speaks with Yoo about the ruling.

Almost all parties trying to halt the fighting in the Middle East agree on this: A multinational force should be deployed to the Israel-Lebanon border as soon as possible. That's where the agreement ends.