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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. But at the Enchanted Forest theme park in Salem, Ore., only one man is needed to put him back together again: theme park owner and sculptor of Humpty himself, artist Roger Tofte.

Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station late Wednesday in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital, Mumbai. More than 100 people were killed. Police also say the attackers took Westerners hostage. NPR's Philip Reeves talks with Steve Inskeep about the attacks.

Massachusetts is housing homeless people in hotels. That sometimes means pushing current hotel residents out of their rooms and into homelessness.

Conservation scientist Lauren E. Oakes weaves her musings about humans' place in a warming world together with conservation science in a moving and effective way.

Charles Michael Ray grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota on the banks of Boxelder Creek downstream from the town of Nemo.

Andrea Seabrook covers Capitol Hill as NPR's Congressional Correspondent.

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Two of the top three deadliest fires in U.S. history were in Minnesota. In response to the fires, the Minnesota forestry service was established in the early 1900s, creating the system of fire towers.

David Brower of member station KRWG in Las Cruces, NM reports on efforts made to find markets for small trees. Many agree that these trees must be cleared from forests to prevent destructive wildfires, but without a market for the small timber, logging companies can't afford to cut them.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports from McCall, Idaho that there are dozens of major fires burning in 10 western states. US Army soldiers, are preparing to join regular firefighters in an effort to contain the wildfire in the Payette National Forest. Groups of soldiers are receiving training from members of elite firefighting teams.