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Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about recent developments in the presidential campaigns and what can be expected from the candidates in the final weeks.

Residents of Alaska already enjoy the lowest tax tax burden in America. But on election day, voters will decide if they want to place a cap on their property tax. From member station KTOO in Juneau, Anne Sutton reports.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem about response there to the Arab Summit and what's ahead for the government of Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

Chinese restaurants have never been known for classy ambience, until now. The influence of western tastes and western money is changing the flavor of Kung Pao Chicken. From China, Rob Gifford reports.

Lisa visits the estate of the cereal heiress Marjorie Merriwether Post in Washington D.C. She views emeralds as big as bars of soap and a tiara fit for an empress.

Kate Seelye has a profile of the Iran and Syria -backed guerillas whose reputation has risen in Arab circles since the withdrawal of Israeli troops last May.

The citizens of the District of Columbia have been taxed without representation since the 1800s. Host Lisa Simone talks with Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D.C. and constitution expert Jamie Raskin, of the American University.

NPR's Bob Edwards talks with Rob Gifford about Madeleine Albright's historic visit to North Korea this week. The Secretary of State meets today with Korean president Kim Jong Il to discuss his country's missile program. This trip presents the possibility for ending the United State's last major Cold War standoff.

In West Virginia, wild turkey hunting season is underway. About ten-thousand of the birds are bagged annually in the state. Hunters try to imitate the turkeys' call to attract them. Dan Heyman of West Virginia Public Radio has a report on the art, science and sport of turkey calling.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Bethlehem reports the ongoing violence in the West Bank and Gaza has had a devastating affect on the Palestinian economy. Israel has also suffered economic losses.