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Our series "Why Should I Vote for You?" continues, with Bush and Kerry campaign representatives answering listeners' questions on security.

Wangari Maathai, a little-known environmental activist from Kenya, was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. It was a surprise, but Maathai says the Nobel committee was able to see the connection between her work with the Green Belt Movement and the pursuit of peace. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

Scientists Tuesday night will get their first ever close-up look at Titan, one of Saturn's moons. In December, Cassini will send a probe down through the atmosphere. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

Radio Islam, the nation's first daily English-language Muslim radio program produced in the United States, began airing this month in Chicago. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

Former President Bill Clinton told a large crowd in Philadelphia that Sen. John Kerry has a strong plan for the economy and national security. Meanwhile, in Greeley, Colo., President Bush accused Kerry of not understanding the danger presented by terrorism. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley and NPR's Don Gonyea.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Slate chief political correspondent Will Saletan about the latest news from the presidential campaign trail, including what strategies the candidates will use in the last week before the election.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to NPR's Juan Williams about this week's election results, President Bush's assertion that he earned significant "political capital" with his re-election win, and the hot topics that will likely dominate the Sunday morning political talk shows.

NPR's Liane Hansen jokes around with online political satirist and Weekend Edition regular Andy Borowitz. Andy gives us the low-down on his new book, The Borowitz Report — The Big Book of Shockers.

Kenyan environmental activist and human rights campaigner Wangari Maathai wins the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Founder of The Green Belt Movement and a champion of women's rights, Maathai is the first African woman to win the prize. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

Two bombs in Baghdad kill 18 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier, just hours before the arrival of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld met with Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and U.S. officials in Baghdad. Hear NPR's Ben Gilbert.

At Friday night's presidential debate in St. Louis, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry took questions from voters in a town-hall format. It was the second of three presidential debates. Topics included Iraq, education, health care and the economy. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

The Bush campaign is elated about the president's performance at Friday's town-hall meeting with Sen. John Kerry. But Kerry campaign aides are also pleased -- especially with post-debate poll results. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden, NPR's Don Gonyea and NPR's Scott Horsley.

John Lee was elected as Hong Kong's next leader Sunday by an election committee comprised of nearly 1,500 largely pro-Beijing members.

The United States is stepping up its military activity in Africa in an effort to combat terrorism and protect vital oil reserves off Africa's west coast. NPR's Jason Beaubien has a two-part report.

New activity at Mount St. Helens -- from steaming plumes to oozing lava -- has geologists monitoring the Washington state volcano very closely. But ecologist Charlie Crisafulli, who has studied Mount St. Helens since 1980, says he's eager for another eruption. Hear NPR's Howard Berkes.

Michael Eisner continues to testify in the suit by shareholders who contend that Disney board members should be held liable for the costly hiring and firing of Michael Ovitz. As a highly successful Hollywood agent, Disney had high expectations for Ovitz. Instead, a feud of envy and ambition broke out in the executive suite. Hear NPR's Kim Masters.

Thursday in Little Rock, Ark., about 30,000 people turned out to honor the nation's 42nd president, William Jefferson Clinton, and celebrate the opening of the Clinton Presidential Center and Library. Hear Reporter Allison Keyes.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan says that despite its length and maturity level, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie offers something for adults.

Some of the country's best young classical musicians congregate in Miami each year to participate in the New World Symphony. In the first of a three-part series following the symphony, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the orchestra's artistic director Michael Tilson Thomas.

Disney CEO Michael Eisner testifies in a Delaware courtroom about his former friend and No. 2 man, Michael Ovitz. Disney faces a shareholder suit over the severance package Ovitz received when he left the company in 1996. Hear NPR's Kim Masters.

NPR's Noah Adams talks with Perro Dejong of Radio Netherlands about the latest in a series of attacks on Muslim institutions in that country. The anti-Muslim violence follows the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, whose film Submission criticizes conservative aspects of Islam.

Nobody can seem to remember who first opened Angel's Market on a San Francisco street corner nearly 100 years ago. But everyone in the neighborhood knows George and Alice, who have owned Angel's for the last decade. Kate Volkman reports.

In an accord with Europeans, Iran agrees to stop enriching uranium. Matthew Bunn, an arms control expert at Harvard, says the threat of sanctions along with a security and economic package are good incentives to help convince Iran to stop pursuing its nuclear weapons program. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and Bunn.

Unlike the rest of the country, the denizens of Tallahassee, Florida are not happy that the elections of 2004 have come to an end. An essay by Diane Roberts.

Retired U.S. Army Major Gen. Robert Scales discusses how the military offensive in Fallujah is likely to unfold. Over the weekend, there were reports of large numbers of Iraqi soldiers deserting their units. Scales says the readiness of the Iraqi soldiers is a matter of great uncertainty. Hear Scales and NPR's Renee Montagne.