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in the last days before the election. She asks people why Dole's emphasis on the character issue does not seem to be getting through to voters.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that the Clinton Administration is sending Secretary of State Warren Christopher to the Mideast this weekend to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the eve of new peace negotiations at Erez on the Gaza border. Christopher's Mideast visit, only days after the two-day Israeli-Palestinian summit at the White House, underscores the importance the US is placing on reviving the Middle East peace process.

NPR'S Eric Westervelt reports on today's court hearing during which a judge ordered Major League umpires back to work. The umpires had threatened a protest strike over the delayed punishment meted out to Orioles player Roberto Alomar, who spit in the face of an umpire when he got into a heated argument over a call.

NPR's John Ydstie reports the unemployment rate edged slightly higher in September...and now stands at 5.2%. Labor Department figures released this morning show an economy that's cooled considerably since June. Wall Street was surprised by a decline in business payrolls, which declined by 40,000 in September.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez asks: when is a child's kiss an innocent show of affection..and when is it sexual harassment? Judging from two incidents this week, some public school officials are having a hard time telling the difference. One involved a six-year-old, the other a seven-year-old...both were suspended for kissing a classmate. The kisses illustrate the difficulty schools have with defining -- and dealing with -- the topic of harassment.

Noah talks with Michael Donner, who has compiled oodles of palindromes into a new book: I Love Me, Vol. I -- S. Woodrow's Palindrome Encyclopedia. Probably the most famous palindrome, which is a word phrase which reads the same forwards or backwards, is "Able I was ere I saw Elba."

where computer industry executives are up in arms over a proposition that would allow shareholders to sue companies if their share price fluctuates wildly. Voters will have the chance to vote on the proposition in November.

Film director/actor JOE DANTE. He started out making trailers for Roger Corman movies. He's since gone on to make movies such as "Gremlins," "The Burbs," and "Matinee." A trademark of Dante is always casting actor Dick Miller in a cameo or supporting role. Miller and Dante worked together during their Roger Corman years. (Originally aired 2/

with NPR's Martha Raddatz about the latest developments in the standoff between Iraq and the United States.

NPR's Paul Miller reports on what's being described as one of the government's largest computer errors. The Social Security Administration has shortchanged some 700,000 Americans out of more than $850 million in retirement benefits since 1972. The government already is making back payments worth about $1,500 per person due to its error in calculating post-retirement income, but no interest is being paid on the debt...and tens of thousands of those owed money already have died.