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With the Vice-Presidential candidates meeting tonight in Kentucky, NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the significance of V.P. debates. Historically, voters pay little attention to the men running for the number two spot...but that's been slowly changing over the last few campaigns. With this year's tight election, many people think that Joe Lieberman or Dick Cheney could help sway voters. (

Eric Eldred started the online Eldritch Press to make available literature that had lapsed into the public domain, yet lacked the sales potential that would attract commercial publishers. Then Congress passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act, and many of the works he'd published came out of the public domain and back under copyright. Eldritch filed suit, claiming the act erodes the Constitution's demand for limited copyright terms and a robust public domain. Appellate arguments begin in August. NPR's Rick Karr has an advance look at the case.

It's not unusual these days to do your banking at your local grocery store... and soon you may be able to get a fill-up as well. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on how supermarkets are hoping to boost profits by selling gasoline. Already, more than a hundred grocery-gas station combinations have been opened across the country. (

An appeals court in Boston is preparing to hear a case that could give residents of Puerto Rico the right to vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Such an outcome is considered a long shot, but Jason Beaubien reports that supporters believe the time has come to grant the island's citizens a place in the electoral college.

In his first speech to delegates at the U.N. General Assembly, President Biden's remarks stood in contrast to his predecessor's approach. "We must work together as never before," Biden said.

Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence officer, died in London weeks after drinking tea that was later found to have been laced with the deadly radioactive compound polonium-210.

In the back rooms of Kabul's photo shops, thousands of photos dating as far back as 40-plus years sit unclaimed. It remains to be seen if these photo studios can survive a new period of Taliban rule.

Jacki talks with the cameraman who shot footage of a Palestinian father and son caught in crossfire on Saturday. A 12-year-old Palestinian boy Mohammed Ramal Aldura was killed . Jacki talks with Talal Abu Rameh, a journalist and cameraman for France Two Television.

The Internet has exploded the way we do business but according to author Christopher Kush, it hasn't had much impact on how we govern. Many of us can't find the information we want from all that's on line. Kush speaks to host Jacki Lyden about web sites that can make you a more informed voter.

The summer olympics games are now over in Sydney, Australia. NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the what's been learned and takes a look ahead to the winter games of 2002 in Salt Lake City. (