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NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that a growing number of Americans feel the country is heading in the right direction. An NPR, Kaiser Family DFoundation, and Kennedy School Poll taken in June indicated that half of respondents thought the US was on the wrong track; now it looks like Gore's campaign strategies may be helping to turn the tide.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports from the closing of the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. After two weeks of spectacle, fierce competition, and scandal, the closing ceremonies end on an appropriately grand note.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports from San Francisco on Internet retailers' preparations for the Christmas shopping season. They expect on-line sales to be two-thirds higher than last year. And they're trying to prevent the problems that occurred last year, when websites began crashing; popular merchandise became scarce; and some presents weren't delivered in time.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Yugoslavia after the first full day of civil disobedience there. President Slobodan Milosevic remains in power, but there are newspaper reports that he may be offered asylum in Russia.

Host Bob Edwards checks in with Dartmouth Business Professor Andrew Bernard about the predictions he made at the beginning of the Olympic Games. Bernard and his colleagues used each country's socio-ecomonic statistics to calculate the number of medals each team would win. Now it's time to check their accuracy.

Fred Thys of member station WBUR reports on Green Party candidate Ralph Nader's New England campaign stops, which he is using to denounce his exclusion from the presidential debates.

NPR's Rick Karr reports Napster, the online music site that allows its users to "share" music files, today will appeal a ruling that would effectively shut down the company.

More than 32 million people watched the 90-minute debate last night between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George Bush. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold tuned in with a group of suburban Seattle women -- whose votes are coveted by both candidates as the race for president remains locked in a dead heat.

Alysa Gardner reviews the new CD by Kelly Price called Mirror, Mirror. (4:00) Mirror Mirror is on the Def Jam label.

NPR's John Burnett reports on a day in the life of a Democratic party leader in a state where the election will be tight. Trey Ourso works 14 hours a day to ensure support for his party's candidates -- getting out the vote, organizing campaign workers, and attending fund-raisers. (7:10