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After a day's journey, the casket of President Ronald Wilson Reagan arrives on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. An official ceremony will mark the start of a period when Reagan's body will lie in state in the Rotunda, in the building's center. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

WPLN's Blake Farmer in Nashville discusses how that optimism among investors is translating on the ground in American cities.

-Daniel speaks with Melinda Pruett-Jones, curator of the primate collection at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois where a young boy fell into the gorilla enclosure. Before rescuers could reach the boy an eight year old female gorilla cradled the boy in her arms and placed him gently on the ground in front of the enclosure door.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that the Federal Aviation Administration today released tape recordings of communication between air controllers in Miami and the crew of the Valujet plane that crashed May 11 in the Everglades. The tapes don't contain any new revelations about the crash, but record the last converstations between the crew and the ground.

that has forced millions of people to flee to higher ground.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that the market has made a strong comeback in the last two weeks...with the Dow recovering much of the ground it lost during the month of July. The comeback in the Nasdaq market hasn't been as pronounced, but even there analysts are impressed with the equity market's resilience.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that President Clinton claims the United States is helping Iraqi dissidents compromised by US support flee from their former "safe haven" in Northern Iraq. But there is no evidence on the ground that such help to those Iraqis targeted for arrest and execution by Saddam Hussein is in fact being provided.

Scientists may probe distant galaxies and the depths of atoms, but they still don't know how to explain the dying wobbles of a spinning coin as it comes to rest. NPR's Joe Palca reports on some ground breaking experiments now taking place in laboratories across the world.

From Lima, Jon Miller reports that Peru's congress is debating whether to accept the resignation of President Alberto Fujimori, or to formally oust him on the grounds of moral incapacity. Whichever way the vote goes, it has become clear that a moderate opposition leader will be the transitional president, until new presidential elections are held next Spring.

Music Critic Oliver Wang says that Eminem's most recent CD, Encore, breaks new ground for the controversial artist. He is more mature and reflective but still is can revert to the poisonous lyrics that made him one of the most popular rap artists of the last five years.