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A militant group in Iraq claims it has beheaded a U.S. Marine of Lebanese descent. The U.S. military says it is checking the report, but has not confirmed the claim, which appeared on a Web site. The Marine, Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun of Utah, appeared blindfolded in a video broadcast nearly a week ago by the Al-Jazeera network. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Scott talks with Wade "Scooter Daddy" Parker about the return of Vespa motor scooters to the American market. Emissions laws passed in the early 1980s banned the sale of new Vespas in the United States. Now, an environmentally friendly Vespa is coming onto the market. More information on Scooter Daddy can be found on his web site at http://www.scooterdaddy.com/index.html. More information on Vespa can found at http://www.piaggiousa.com.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that hundreds of Duke University students have been camping in tents for weeks waiting for a chance to get the best seats for the big basketball game Thursday against rival University of North Carolina. What started as an informal tradition more than 15 years ago has been institutionalized: students register their tents on the university Web site and agree to follow 12 pages of rules.

A review of Web sites, publications and videos associated with the Iraqi insurgency finds that the movement has gained cohesion and confidence. The International Crisis Group releases its report Wednesday.

People who need to pack up and move are being taken advantage of by "rogue movers." These scammers low-ball moving estimates and then raise the price and hold people's belongings for ransom. Tim Walker, a former victim who started a Web site to help people avoid getting scammed, talks about the crime.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Slate political Web logger Mickey Kaus about speeches from the Republican National Convention's opening night. Kaus says Sen. John McCain and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani took the stage to endorse Bush, but looked more like good running mates for the 2008 presidential battle.

Julian Shapiro-Barnum's priceless interviews with kids for his hit web series “Recess Therapy” demonstrate the incredible wisdom, keen observations and often hilarious insights of children.

North Korea has been linked to a wave of cyberattacks against the U.S. and South Korea. The digital attacks targeted the Pentagon and the White House, among other government web sites, along with the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and Washington Post.

Dominion Voting Systems' lawyers want to question the Fox News star again over texts they got just hours before she sat for a sworn deposition. Dominion sued Fox over false claims of election fraud.

From a mild recession to a so-called hard landing, we sift through the wild array of recession predictions.