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Every day in Texas, more than a hundred people walk out of the state's prison headquarters as free men. The Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas is where all male prisoners are processed for release. Producer Dan Collison went to Huntsville to talk to some inmates just about to make their return to the outside world.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews some new summer reads. Her list includes The Rule of Four, by Ian Caldwell; You Remind Me of Me, by Dan Chaon; and The Master by Colm Toibin.

Researcher Dan Starer provides bestselling authors with all manner of background information for their novels. Starer has dug up historical and scientific tidbits to give the ring of truth to more than 100 bestsellers. He speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that researchers have developed an 'artificial nose' that can distinguish different smells using optical sensors. The device may be more sensitive than other attempts to mimic the olfactory sense, and may be useful for environmental and medical purposes. But it's still far less sensitive than the human nose.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Dan Vukelich (VOO-kuh-leech), 996 Lincoln Life Lincoln-Douglas Debate champion. Vukelich, a freshman at the merican University in Washington, DC, began debating in high school. He tells acki how he prepares for debates and offers some tips for the presidential andidates.

WITH A SWEEP OF THIS WEEK'S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, SENATOR BOB DOLE HAS EFFECTIVELY WON THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. NOW BOTH HE AND PRESIDENT CLINTON ARE FACED WITH THE DUAL TASK OF CONTINUING TO GOVERN WHILE CAMPAIGNING. SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DAN SCHORR SPEAKS WITH NORMAN ORNSTEIN, RESIDENT SCHOLAR AT THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE AND THOMAS MANN, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with Dan Bannister, president and CEO of Dyncorp in Reston, Va., about business opportunities in the Balkans. Bannister was supposed to be on the plane that crashed near the Croatian city of Dubrovnick yesterday. Bannister says the Balkans are very attractive for investers because of the tremendous amount of rebuilding that will take place in the next 5 years.

Robert talks with Dan Gibbons, an officer with the Cocoa Beach, Florida Police Department. This morning, Gibbons responded to a call at eight in the morning about a strange object on a local beach. When he arrived, he realized that the object was in fact a part of the space shuttle Challenger. By the end of the morning, two pieces of the Challenger had been recovered and taken back to NASA.

NPR's Dan Charles reports on efforts to create vast new libraries on-line. While more and more information is being made available through computer networks, it's a surprisingly difficult and slow process to convert large amounts of written material into a form that can be easily accessed via computer.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that the Federal Aviation Administration today announced the awarding of a major contract as part of the agency's efforts to modernize its antiquated air traffic control system. The contract, worth close to $1 billion, will begin to replace outdated air traffic control computers at airports around the country.