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Even people without disabilities are benefiting from the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Morning Edition's monthly series on the lives of Centenarians, One Hundred Years of Stories, features people from across the country who are one hundred years old--or older. In today's report producer Neenah Ellis talks with Margaret Byrd Rawson. During her lifetime, she pioneered research into dyslexia and continues to pursue her studies today despite the heavy burden of aging has placed on her.

George W. Bush will claim the presidential nomination of the Republican Party in Philadelphia next week, reaching a new high in a political career that began without much fanfare in Texas more than two decades ago. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on George W. Bush's early forays into business and politics in West Texas.

Host Lynn Neary talks to NPR's Sarah Chayes about developments in the aftermath of the fatal crash of Air France Concorde that killed 113 people on Tuesday. French aviation experts have extracted some of the data from the two so called black boxes and have begun analyzing it.

Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR reports on the introduction of car sharing programs in Boston and other cities around the country. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example, customers pay a yearly fee and hourly and mileage charges. In return, they get access to "common cars" when they need them. Car sharing companies have also been started in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and Chicago, and more are likely, if the concept becomes profitable. So far, it isn't.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Kabul on the tedious and dangerous job of clearing explosive landmines in Afghanistan. Hundreds of thousands of mines were laid by the Soviet Union and Mujahadeen rebels. Those mines continue to maim and kill innocent Afghans.

Host Lynn Neary and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa mark the 10th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by examining the impact the ADA has had on the country.

Linda and Robert read letters from All Things Considered listeners. (2:30) To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20001. The e-mail address is atc@npr.org.

Writer Robert Bingham died this spring in New York City at the age of 33. With the posthumous publication of Bingham's first novel, Lightning on the Sun, reviewer Alan Cheuse mourns a great loss to contemporary literature.

As part of our occasional series Paying the Piper, NPR's Rick Karr reports why some musicians are distributing their music on the Internet. Many musicians never see any royalties from their record labels, due to advances and other expenses. Sometimes musicians can earn more money by distributing the music directly.