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NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports the latest developments on Sunday's Presidential elections in Yugoslavia. Yesterday, the Yugoslav Federal Electoral Commission announced that opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica failed to win the 50 percent needed for an outright victory. Kostunica won 48 percent of the vote and President Slobodan Milosevic won 40 percent.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that the nation's blood supply may be stretched dangerously thin in years ahead. As the baby boomers continue to age, some experts are projecting more blood will be needed to keep them healthy, and the number of donors will continue to drop.

The US women's softball team won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics Tuesday in the hardest possible fashion. As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, the team was considered unbeatable after a two-year winning streak of 112 games. But it lost three straight games in the early round of competition, nearly putting it out of medal contention. The US then fought back and swept the three teams -- China, Australia and Japan -- it lost to earlier in the tournament.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg has a commentary on the idea of community. A controversial recent book by Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam argues that community participation is in sharp decline in American life, but Nunberg says the word community is being used more frequently than ever.

Former presidential speechwriter Michael Waldman. His new book is called POTUS Speaks: Finding the Words that Defined the Clinton Presidency. (Simon and Schuster) From 1993 to 1999, Waldman was a special assistant and then chief speechwriter to Bill Clinton. During that time, he worked closely with the president to write or edit nearly two thousand speeches, including four State of the Union addresses and two inaugural addresses. Previously a public-interest lawyer and writer, Waldman is the author of Who Robbed America? A Citizen's Guide to the S&L Scandal. Since leaving the White House, he has taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Publisher Andre Schirrrin, director of The New Press, and former head of Pantheon books, talks about the New York publishing world from the business side. Hes just written The Business of Books, (Verso) described as part memoir, part history of contemporary publishing.

Todd Gleason reports on the farming industry's biggest tech fair, The Farm Progress Show, which takes place this week in Cantrall; Illinois.

Republican Presidential nominee George W. Bush campaigned at a school in southern California today. Bush is the underdog in the state, but says he is optimistic that he can win an upset there. NPR's Andy Bowers talked to one voter who explained both why Bush both down in the polls and holds realistic hope.

Last night, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore was on MTV. He took part in a political special co-sponsored by Time Magazine and the MTV youth vote campaign, "Choose or Lose." All Things Considered Host Linda Wertheimer talked to students who participated in the session.

The last time Australia hosted the Olympics, in 1956, Hungary was a power in water polo, and scored a victory over the Soviet Union. It was important because at the time, Hungary was trying to win a real war back home against the Soviets. Robert talks to Ervin Zador, who was injured in that 1956 game. Since then he's been coaching water polo and swimming in the United States.