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NPR's John Burnett examines the controversy surrounding a study by two law professors that found major errors in almost 70 percent of death penalty cases. The report stated that the errors were serious enough to warrant a retrial. But not all legal scholars agree with the work, or its definition of what an error was. The study titled, A Broken System, reviewed more than 45-hundred death penalty cases from 1973 to 1995.

NPR's John McChesney reports on some of the uses of Global Positioning System, or GPS. A newer use of GPS is to beam location based advertisements to cell phones, or hand-held computers.

A Preview of tomorrow's Holloween visit to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Host Renee Montagne takes the tour with owner Tyler Cassidy. Today, they stop by the crypt of Rudolph Valentino, the wildly popular star of silent movies.

Commentator Jeff Biggers explains why he plans to vote for Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader. He says his parents and siblings are going to vote for Al Gore, and they're trying to persuade him to do the same.

Host Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about this week's political developments. With the Presidential election just one-week away, national surveys are indicating that both Vice President Al Gore and George W. Bush are in a virtual tie.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Pristina on the rebuilding of the justice system in Kosovo. In Kosovo's first free municipal election over the weekend, moderate ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova, of the Democratic League of Kosovo claimed victory over guerrilla war veterans.

This week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by more than 400 points in just a few hours, before recovering and ending the week with a gain. Yet other October market surprises - the Crash of 1929, the skidding stock markets of 1987 - made us wonder if there's something about October that just rattles investors. Host Lisa Simeone puts the question to David Hale, Chief Economist of Zurich.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Cairo on the end of the emergency summit of 22 Arab nations.

Dancer and performer Gwen Verdon died this week at age 75. She was known as the best interpreter of choreographer Bob Fosse's work, and well-remembered as the red-haired temptress Lola in the musical Damn Yankees. Kim Kokich knew Gwen Verdon and has this appreciation.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that marine biologists are searching the waters along the coasts of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and Southern California for signs of the organism known to some as "killer algae." "Colepra Taxifolia" is widely believed to have first appeared in the Mediterranean. It doesn't actually harm people, but it does disturb underwater coastal ecosystems.