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NPR's Michelle Kelemen reports that Russian officials, desperate to end rampant tax evasion, created a special police force to combat the problem. And in order to ensure future candidates will be ready to take on the roll of "tax police", they've begun training teens, at a cadet school in Moscow.

In part two of our series on the "Megatransect", an attempt by wildlife biologist Mike Fay to walk from the center of Africa to its eastern coast, Fay describes his journey through the Congo Basin. The region is filled with dense jungles and swaps. And it harbors some of the deadliest diseases known to man. Through his recorded field diary, Fay relates the difficulty his team faced as it trekked through a part of the world no human has seen in more than a century. (8:49

MORNING SATIRE: Ever miss those simple times of yesteryear when dining out meant dining out, with no pesky cares about who grew your salad or who caught your entre? Well...you can keep missing them thanks to this skit from the NPR program Rewind, produced at member station KUOW in Seattle. (1:27

(Update) Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan died last night in a plane crash that also killed his son and a senior aide. Carnahan had served two terms as governor and was locked in a close Senate race with freshman Republican John Ashcroft. Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's David Welna in St. Louis.

(Update) Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Michael Sullivan in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, about what hope is left for a ceasefire between Israelis and Palestians. Middle Eastern leaders are still meeting with President Clinton at the resort, but no accord has yet been reached.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports on the proposed merger of the second and third largest U.S. oil companies, Chevron and Texaco. Some analysts say ChevronTexaco will be better able to compete with other oil giants, but others say it's hard to predict how profitable the new company will be.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports on how American venture capitalists are now investing in companies overseas, particularly in Western Europe. Some credit more flexible rules in stock markets there, others cite a cultural shift in attitudes toward making money this way.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg has some advice for Gore and Bush as they head into their third and final debate.

Writer and desert lover Craig Childs talks about the humbling experience he had watching a sure-footed ram negotiate the steep rocks in the Grand Canyon.

Baxter Black unveils his new collection of cowboy poems both prolific and profound in a conversation with Morning Edition's Bob Edwards. It's a cowful of cowboy poetry.