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Police responded to a report of gunshots in a Connecticut home. A man there said he was a paranormal investigator. He said he was shooting at an intruder who was a possible ghost.

Noah talks to Judy Wiesman (WIS-man), the mayor of Weyauwega (wy-uh-WEE-guh), Wisconsin about a train accident in the town. On Monday, 35 cars of a Wisconsin Central Ltd. train derailed. Propane from the cars ignited and caused a fire that destroyed a feed mill and continues to burn. Weyauwega residents who were evacuated may have to stay away from their homes for as long as three weeks before the danger of fire has passed.

Conservationists in the state are saving the seeds of endangered plants, learning what they can about them in captivity and maybe one day find them new homes.

Noah talks to Stacy Jessop, a teacher at Corvallis Middle School in CorvalLis, Montana, about being evacuated from her home to avoid an oncoming wildfire. She's now staying at a Red Cross shelter at Westview Middle School in the town of Hamilton, Montana. She says she could hear the fire roaring nearby as she fled her house with her family. She also describes an effort to retrieve her wedding ring and her family's pets.

The 11th World Conference on Tobacco or Health wraps up in Chicago today with delegates -- all of them anti-smoking antivists -- going home to focus on how they can work towards the same goal. Tobacco-related diseases kill more than four-million people worldwide annually. Many public health officials believe smoking rates would fall if federal regulators had more control over tobacco products. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

Claudio Sanchez reports on an FBI report that reviews 18 school shootings by students and discusses characteristics of those students. The agency recommends that schools study the warning signs discovered in those cases. But it also warns against using those items as a profile or checklist by which to evaluate their students. Among other points, the FBI suggests that teachers be aware of students who are obsessed with violence, have access to guns at home, and reflect violence in their writing and artwork.

President Clinton has returned to Washington after a weekend trip to Africa. NPR's Mike Shuster reports that on his way home, Mr. Clinton stopped in Cairo for a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about the Middle East Peace process. They met for over an hour at the Cairo airport. Before the meeting, Clinton said he thinks that all the parties understand that without the leadership and support of Egypt, they will not be able to achieve a peace settlement.

Shared Family Care is an innovative foster care program in Milwaukee that helps families become self-sufficient. Both parents and children are placed in the homes of people in the community who mentor them, and help provide the skills and discipline they need to become responsible citizens. Member station WUWM's Marti Mikkelson reports.

Some observers are pinning Democratic losses in the midterm elections on low turnout by black voters. Analysts cite a lack of campaign focus on domestic issues among factors that kept some voters home. NPR's Juan Williams reports.

Linda talks with Tom Boatner (BOHT-nur), a firejumper from the Bureau of Land Management based in Fairbanks, Alaska. Right now he's in Houston (HYOO-stun), Alaska. As many as 100 homes and an estimated 7,000 acres have burned in this fire which is believed to have started on Sunday. More than 300 firefighters, supported by firefighting aircraft, are now working to contain the blaze which is being fueled by forty mile-per-hour winds.