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The Federal Reserve Board's interest rate cut this week was meant to stimulate investment. But as NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports, small businesses still need more help.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Macedonia on the spreading conflict between ethnic Albanians and government forces.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on rebel groups in Macedonia who are fighting for increased rights for the country's ethnic Albanian population.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the Federal Reserve's consideration of an additional interest rate cut in hopes of curbing the economic slowdown.

The California utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric, has filed for bankruptcy. NPR's Larry Abramson reports on difficulties this bankruptcy presents for California consumers and for the courts.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade that the arrest this month of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic marked a turning point for Serbian society. Serbs are now trying to confront the Milosevic legacy.

Laura Sydell reports on a prominent contemporary composer, David Del Tradici. His collection of songs entitled Gay Life premiers this weekend in San Francisco.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on a sense of rising nationalism in Japan. It's been reflected by support for a new history textbook. Critics accuse the book of revisionism.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on today's announcement that survivors and relatives of victims of the Oklahoma City bombing will be able to watch Timothy McVeigh's execution on closed circuit television.

Janet Heimlich reports from Austin that legislation to allow Texas voters to decide on a moratorium on executions has surprisingly been approved by a key committee in the state senate.