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NPR's Steve Krueger reports on an outdoor equipment company that hopes to capture the international market through its rapidly growing online store.

From member station WXXI in Rochester, New York Brenda Tremblay reports on a new biography about Martha Matilda Harper, one of the most successful and innovative female entrepreneurs of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She is credited with inventing the concept of the Franchise. (3:09) Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream : How One Woman Changed the Face of Modern Business (Writing American Women by Jane R. Plitt is published by Syracuse Univ Pr (Trade); ISBN: 08156

Host Howard Berkes talks with Sandy Tolan, author of Me & Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-five Years Later. Hank Aaron eclipsed Babe Ruth's career homerun record of 714 by 41, but Tolen says Aaron doesn't get the attention he deserves, particularly in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Critics point out that Aaron played in more games and didn't have Ruth's style, but Tolan suspects Aaron's outspokeness about race has affected his popularity. (5:46) Me and Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-Five Years Later by Sandy Tolan is published by Free Press; ISBN: 06848

Host Howard Berkes talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about political events this week. Vice President Al Gore has selected Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman to be his running mate. Lieberman, would be the first Jewish vice presidential candidate in American history. A formal announcement from Gore is expected tomorrow in Tennessee.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Mexico City on a series of problems facing the country. In addition to the rapid depletion of forests and marine habitat, Mexico is dealing with a severe water shortage.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on the similarities and differences between two sons of former Presidents nominated for their own presidential runs -- John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush.

Jacki talks with George Hudler, professor of Plant Pathology at Cornell University, about a giant fungus. The fungus, which looks like a giant mushroom, is spreading across a forest in Eastern Oregon. It is thought to be the largest living organism in the world.

Host Howard Berkes talks to NPR White House Correspondent Mara Liasson about the White House reaction to Vice President Al Gore's selection of Joseph Lieberman as his running mate.

NPR's David Welna reports that United Airlines is canceling two thousand flights in September. United says a continuing contract dispute between the airline and its pilots is contributing to the cancellations. But the pilots disagree, and say passengers should blame United Airlines management because it failed to prepare for the summer flight schedule.

Commentator Reynolds Price muses on the reasons why the vivid ease and eloquence of letter writing has all but died out. He bemoans the loss of an irreplaceable source of history, expression and human encounter. He cites the lasting gift of a vivid letter from his grade school teacher about her first migraine.