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Minor league baseball players make very little money. Congress has locked in those low wages by exempting Major League Baseball from federal wage and overtime rules. Some players are fighting back.

The Sept. 6 election is now less than three weeks away and early voting begins next week.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the $8-billion project to restore Everglades National Park. The effort in Florida will be the largest environmental restoration project in the nation's history, but there are serious questions about whether it can work. (6:00)

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on the newest endeavor by artist James Turrell -- an exhibit featuring drawings and videos of his study of light in an extinct volcano. Check out the Roden Crater. (6:52

Consumer prices jumped 8.6% last month compared to the same time a year ago.

John talks with NPR's Ketzel Levine about plants that do well in offices. While many plants will shrivel under fluorescent light, plants that are suited to irregular care and indirect light can thrive. Listeners can follow along on Ketzel's web site, Talking Plants. (6:30)

Host Madeleine Brand talks with the Tucson-based band Calexico, who try to capture the spirit of their region in music - a soundtrack to the Southwest. (6:30) {Calexico, Even My Sure Things Fall Through. Quarterstick Records, Chicago, IL: 1998-2001}.

Robert talks with Mark Johnson-Williams, one of the designers of the Tickle Me Elmo toy. Johnson-Williams tells how the FBI investigated him for 6 months as one of the UNABOMBER suspects.

The Oath Keepers are a far-right group charged with seditious conspiracy over the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's West Java province on Monday.