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The James Dean Gallery in Gas City, Ind., will close after 17 years. Gas City is near Dean's hometown of Fairmount. Museum owner David Loehr tells Scott Simon what's so special about Dean.

Commentator Leonard Rosen compares himself and his family's holiday visits to the seasonal migration of birds, whales and other animals, whose instints force them to travel, sometimes hundreds of miles, to get "back home." In observing the travel patterns of millions of people during the holiday season, Rosen notes that people also have that instinctual urge to "get up, move, go back."

As trailers are delivered to the hurricane homeless, another option is drawing attention. They're Katrina cottages, sturdier and cheaper than trailers. But law prohibits FEMA from paying for what is considered "permanent" housing. Connie Moran, mayor of Ocean Springs, Miss., talks with Michele Norris.

Gary Larson created more than 4,000 cartoons for The Far Side, and they've all been collected in a hefty new anthology. Yet the artist still has trouble explaining what his strange, world-of-their-own panels are about. Hear Larson describe a cartoon he wishes he had drawn, along with other excerpts of his interview with NPR's Bob Edwards.

The president of Niger acknowledges a poor harvest and problems with locusts. But he rejects international claims of severe famine and starvation. There are concerns that past delays in accepting food aid have led to a higher death toll.

Fire Season: Scott talks to veteran forest fire fighter Bob Mutch about this year's early and fierce wildfire season.

The inaugural World Baseball Classic comes to an end tonight in San Diego when Japan faces Cuba. Team Cuba advanced with a 3-1 win over the Dominican Republic and Japan blasted South Korea 6-0. Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci talks with Robert Siegel.

Rapper and actor Ice-T...one of the original "gangsta" rappers. He's got a new CD,Greatest Hits: The Evidence (Atomic Pop). Greg Knot of The Chicago Tribune has written that "Ice-T is that rare gangster rapper who leads with his brain instead of his gun or his crotch." Ice-T's 1992 song Cop Killer landed him at the center of a controversy about gansta rap -- is it a legitimate form of expression or is it incendiary hate-mongering? In addition to his singing career, Ice-T is an actor. He will be Munch's partner on the new (2000) season of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. He has also starred in films New Jack City, Trespass, and Ricochet.

An influential group of New Yorkers wants the city to implement congestion pricing -- where drivers pay a premium to drive in the most congested parts of the city and during peak travel times. They say it's working in London. But so far, the mayor isn't sold on the idea.

More than 20 million workers earn less than $9 an hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At those levels, many people have trouble making a living. In Xenia, Ohio, NPR's Noah Adams talks to two actors who make $190 a week performing in Blue Jacket, a long-running outdoor drama.