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NPR's Robert Siegel reports from Madison, Wisconsin on efforts by Al Gore and Ralph Nader to woo the same left-wing voters. Wisconsin has been solidly Democratic in the last three presidential races. But there, as in a handful of other states, the three-to-five-percent of the vote that polls show Nader may win could be enough to give George Bush a victory. Siegel talks to people in both the Gore and Nader camps, as well as Democratic voters who turned out to hear Al Gore yesterday and Nader supporters who turned out to protest Gore's appearance.

Anne Sutton from member station KTOO reports on a tax revolt of sorts in Alaska. The state has the lightest tax burden in the nation. But property owners say they still suffer under the weight of excessive property taxes...They've successfully placed an initiative to cap property taxes on next month's ballot. (4:53).

NPR's Margot Adler talks with J-K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. Rowling is still surprised by the success of her series. Millions of Harry Potter books have been sold in more than 25 countries and her characters have been used to name everything from city streets to winter storms. Book five is on the way.

Sheehan reviews the new film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.

The Presidential race isn't the only tight election this year. The house majority is also on the line. Bob Edwards talks to Congressman Tom Davis of Virginia and chairman of the Republican House campaign and Congressman Martin Frost of Texas, chairman of the Democratic caucus about there house predictions.

Commentator Edward Wheatley says 600 years after Chaucer's death, the father of English poetry is still having an effect on the lives of people who don't even know his name. Words that he was the first to use are still part of the language.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports Israel's symphony orchestra played the music of Richard Wagner in concert Friday, the first time the orchestra has ever presented works by Hitler's favorite composer.

Companies are recalling foods containing genetically modified corn that has not been approved for human consumption. But as NPR's John Nielsen reports, government officials are still struggling to determine whether the corn presents a health hazard.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports that a traditional game of deliberately submitting to electric shocks is still being played in Mexico as well as Central and South America. Practitioners approach people, often in bars, and for a small fee, attach them to a device that applies an electric shock, which intensifies until the client can no longer take it. People who play call it say it's a fun game of endurance. But some American doctors question the safety of the practice, especially for people who have undiscovered heart problems.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy says Halloween has taken on the commercial importance of Christmas, much to her chagrin. It used to be a relatively unadorned festival. Now it's full of lawn ornaments, lights and plastic tchotchke.