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Robert talks to Jacob Weisberg, Chief Political Columnist for the on-line magazine Slate, about the final round of political ads before this year's election. (5:30) Slate magazine can be found on the internet at http://slate.msn.com

Michael Jordan's earliest known game-worn and autographed shoes sold for nearly $1.5 million at an auction in Las Vegas. They are the most valuable sneakers ever offered at an auction.

Despite being a prosperous nation, the United States fails to care for its youngest and neediest, a child-welfare expert says. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund.

Eileen Buckley of member station WBFO reports Buffalo is having a tough time hanging onto its pro-hockey team. Sabres fans complain ticket prices are too high and the team's lackluster season is bringing boos from the stands. The club is also plagued with financial problems.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have both endorsed beefing up weapons inspections in Iraq and a full Iraq no-fly zone. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

In Baghdad, top U.N. weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei say they see "the beginning of a change of heart on the part of Iraq." But they also express caution, and warn Iraq to take more steps to facilitate the inspection process. NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Baghdad.

NPR's Kate Seelye reports Iraq's artists have survived -- even flourished -- during the U.N. embargo in place since the Gulf War. Some Iraqi artists say the current threat of war is making them even more determined to create. Others say they want nothing more than peace.

State and local officials buy electronic voting machines in hopes of avoiding the low-tech messiness of pencil marks on paper ballots and so-called "hanging chads." But some computer scientists say vote-counting computers are inaccurate. NPR's Dan Charles reports.

NPR's Nick Spicer talks with host Bob Edwards from Paris about today's NATO meeting on the French announcement that it will veto contingency planning for protection of Turkey in case of an Iraq war. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Paris today.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the British play that features a fictional George Dubya as its lead character who declares a war on tourism from his bunk bed. The play, The Madness of George Dubya, is from playwright Justin Butcher at the Teatro Technis, a small fringe venue in north London.