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The planet's magnetic field is weakening. Scientists aren't sure why, but studying ancient jars could help them find out. The ceramics provide a remarkable window onto Earth's magnetic past.

NPR's Ron Elving and Ken Rudin discuss highlights of the Republican National Convention — the speeches, the delegates, and what it all means for this year's election. In other news, Rep. Ben Quayle loses the GOP congressional primary in Arizona. Does that signal the end of his political career?

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews the film "Reality Bites," a comedy about Love in the ''90''s, directed by Ben Stiller and starring Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke.

Colossal was founded by tech entrepreneur Ben Lamm and Harvard biologist George Church. The duo wants to resurrect the long-extinct woolly mammoth by reprogramming elephant DNA.

Stand-up comic David Cross co-created the 1995 HBO cult hit Mr. Show (an amalgam of live sketch video pieces and occasional animation). He also wrote for the short-lived Ben Stiller Show. One reviewer writes of his act, "foul mouthed and razor sharp, doesn't shy away from vicious social criticism and outright political dissent."

A professional quarterback's motorcycle accident is raising some question about players' contracts. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger crashed his motorcycle Monday, at a time when he was neither wearing a helmet or legally allowed to drive a motorcycle.

The Library of Congress adds another 25 films to the National Film Registry, including Ben-Hur, Jailhouse Rock and the 1992 Clint Eastwood western, Unforgiven. The selections are made by the librarian of Congress from nearly 1,000 films nominated by the public, the library staff, and film experts. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne.

Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, who grew up in Montreal and called Canada home for his whole life, has died at the age of 82. He led the Oscar Peterson Trio for much of the 1950s and collaborated with jazz luminaries Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Milt Jackson and others.

Robert talks with Ben Wittes, who covers the Justice Department for the Legal Times, about Attorney General Janet Reno. Reno is expected today to submit her recommendations regarding the appointment of an independent counsel in the current campaign-finance investigations. Wittes, who has been following how Reno has interpreted the laws and regulations that surround usage of the independent counsel statute, says that Reno has been willing to appoint counsel in the face of opposition from both the President and the Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Bush campaign lawyer Ben Ginsberg resigns following revelations he advised a group attacking Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War record. The FEC is unlikely to finish investigating the Bush campaign's alleged cooperation with the group until after the November election. Hear NPR's Juan Williams.