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NPR's David Welna talks to Serbs in Chicago about the political change in Yugoslavia and what they think should happen to former President Slobodan Milosevic. They also worry about their own image in the U.S.

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews Requiem for a Dream which opens in New York today without a rating, but with a theater-enforced ban on viewers under 17 years of age. The producers are protesting a rating of NC-17 from the Motion Picture Association due to the sex in the film. The producers claim the industry is over-reacting to election rhetoric. Even seasoned movie critics, however, find the sex hard to watch.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports on efforts on Capitol Hill to develop a "patients' bill of rights," which seems unlikely to be approved this year. Negotiators also are working on a "drug reimportation" bill, which would make it easier to import US made drugs after they've been exported, and sell them at lower prices than drugs intended for the US market. The drug bill's chances of becoming law are unclear. It is attached to a popular agriculture measure, and has a better chance of survival than if it stood alone.

Top U.S. intelligence officials confirm that North Korea has an untested ballistic missile believed capable of reaching the western United States. At a Senate subcommittee hearing, CIA Director George Tenet and Vice Adm. Lowell Jacoby, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, also say it's likely North Korea has at least one nuclear weapon. NPR's David Welna reports.

A group of Sikh men broke religious protocol to help hikers stuck near raging waters at a Canadian park. The men created a makeshift rope using turbans and jackets.

NASA unveils results from an unmanned space probe that reveal the universe's age, composition and fate. Scientists say the results mark a turning point in cosmology. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

To set the mood for Valentine's Day, Commentator Frank Deford remarks on sports fans' love for their home team, athletes' love for their sport writers, and his own bittersweet farewell to a helpful acquaintance.

NPR's Bob Edwards talks with Mark Winegardner, the author and director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Winegardner has been pegged by Random House to continue Mario Puzo's Godfather saga.

Commentator Desree Cooper was shopping with her mother when they ran into a woman who was from the same town. That's not the only coincidence...Desree's family used to work for this woman's family. Desree expected an awkward moment in the chance meeting.

The presidential candidates prepare for this week's debate against the background of a changed landscape in the campaign. George W. Bush has pulled well ahead in some polls and his running mate Dick Cheney scored well in his only encounter with Democrat Joe Lieberman. NPR's Cokie Roberts talks with host Bob Edwards.

Certain past presidential debates have ended up looking like circuses, but commentator Steven Lubet thinks the Bush-Gore debates have been like a sporting event.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Yugoslavia where allies of newly-installed president Vojislav Kostunica say he will start his term by calling for the dismissal of the Serbian government. The government of Yugoslavia's largest republic strongly favors ousted president Slobodan Milosevic.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on international reaction to the change of power in Yugoslavia. For years, the U.S. and European Union imposed embargoes and sanctions against the country in order to put pressure on then-President Slobodan Milosevic. But this may change with a new, democratically elected leader.

Host Jacki Lyden talks with singer Aaron Neville about the ups and downs of his 30 year music career. Neville has just released Devotion, his first-ever collection of inspirational songs and a new book, The Brothers, which tells of his colorful past encompassing drug addiction, burglary and chart- topping records.

Under the new law, St. Petersburg can allow developers to apply to build affordable housing where they previously could not.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush about his life on the campaign trail. For an extended version of this interview, click here.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Colombo, Sri Lanka on the upcoming parliamentary elections there. Many view the election as a chance for the public to weigh in on the current President's plan to rewrite Sri Lanka's constitution in an effort to end the island's civil war.

Host Jacki Lyden talks to writer Nasdijj about his new memoir, The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams. Nasdijj, born on a Navajo Reservation in 1950, writes essays in this book that tell of his life growing up as the child of migrant workers, one white and one Navajo. The book also explores his bouts with homelessness, the people he met along the way, and the loss of his adopted son, who suffered from fetal alcohol syndrome.

Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark about Clinton Administration moves that could lead to a new Middle East summit aimed at halting the increasingly bloody confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports that sponsors and school districts are re-thinking their support of the Boy Scouts. They believe that the Scouts anti-homosexual policies are discriminatory.

Why is the sound in cinemas overwhelming these days? Commentator Lenore Skenazy believes it is because digital technology now allows high volume without distortion. She thinks our ears are imperiled by the 110 decibels that can come from movie theaters

Each night this week on All Things Considered, reporter Deborah Amos examines the sixty billion dollar illegal drug trade in this country. Today in the first report from her series, Amos covers the status of America's war on drugs, and the effects on people on both sides of that war. There's more at http://www.npr.org/news/specials/drugwars/.

John Burnett reports on Mexican billionaire Carlos Hank Rhon. The Fed holds a hearing on Oct. 23 to remove Hank Rhon as the major shareholder in Laredo National Bank in Texas, saying he lied to bank regulators when he acquired majority stock. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration suspects that Hank Rhon is connected to Mexican drug cartels and uses the Texas bank to launder money. Hank Rhon and bank president Gary G. Jacobs deny all wrongdoing. Jacobs is a friend of George W. Bush and has had coffee at the White House with Bill Clinton.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Israel where Prime Minister Ehud Barak bowed to pressure from world leaders and postponed his threat of full military engagement in the on-going conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The riots that began 12 days ago and escalated in gun-battles and mob violence that have left at least 88 dead and thousands wounded. (

Host Bob Edwards talks with Reuven Hazan, a professor of political science at Jerusalem's Hebrew University about the violent clashes spreading from the troubled areas of Gaza and the West Bank into the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.